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COL. K. W. SIMPSOJN. 



HISTORY 



-of- 

OLD PENDLETON 
DISTRICT 

—with — 

A GENEALOGY OF THE LEADING FAMILIES 
OF THE DISTRICT 

-by- 



R, W. Simpson 






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PREFACE 

WE HAVE for quite a number of years felt the im- 
portance of preserving to some extent, at least, 
the history of Pendleton, as well as that of the County 
of Pendleton as much as possible. Many intervening 
years, the death and removal of some of the prominent 
citizens of the past as well as their descendants, have 
liiade this pleasant duty almost an impossibility. Our 
duties otherwise have also made this labor a burden 
instead of a pleasure. But, nevertheless, with the help 
of friends and neighbors, we have ventured upon the 
experiment. 

A wise historian has said that history ought not 
to be written until one hundred years have elapsed since 
the event. Be this as it may, it appears to us to be the 
duty of all good citizens, in passing through life's toils 
and pleasures, to preserve the facts and circumstances 
of history, so that in the future the history of Pendleton 
may be presented accurately by the coming historian. 
We, therefore, present with some misgivings as well as 
pleasure, such facts and circumstances in the history of 
Pendleton as we have been able to trace them in the 
past. 



R. W. SIMPSON. 



Pendleton, S. C. 



RICHARD WRIGHT SIMPSON 



BY WILLIAM S. MORRISON, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND 

POLITICAL ECONOMY, CLEMSON COLLEGE, 

SOUTH CAROLINA. 



■p ICHARD WRIGHT SIMPSON was born on his 
-*-*- father's farm near Pendleton, Anderson County, 
South Carolina, September 11, 1840. 

His father was Richard F. Simpson, a native of 
Laurens District, South Carolina, a graduate of the 
South Carolina College, and for many years a lawyer at 
Laurens Court House; a soldier with the rank of major 
in the Florida war; a member of both branches of the 
General Assembly of his native State; three terms 
(1842-48) a member of the House of Representatives of 
the Congress of the United States; and a signer of the 
Ordinance of Secession of the State of South Carolina. 
His mother was Margaret Taliaferro, a native of 
Anderson District, South Carolina, whose parents were 
Virginians by birth. 

''Dick" Simpson enjoyed an ideal boyhood. He 
was well and strong, the son of indulgent parents, living 
a free country life. He enjoyed hunting and fishing 
and was fond of work with tools. At home he read the 
Bible, Shakespeare, and Scott's Novels, He attended 
Pendleton Academy from which he went to Wofford 
College. The late Dr. James H. Carlisle, at the time 
the only surviving member of the Wofford Faculty of 
the fifties, was asked a few years since, to write his re- 
collections of the "Simpson Brothers" as students. The 
following is a literal copy of his answer: 

"The Simpson Brothers — this is the way in which 



6 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

the survivors of the generation of Wofford students, 1857- 
1861 — think of T. N. Simpson and R. W. Simpson, as 
the catalogues gave their names. Their brotherly affec- 
tion was marked. Each might have said of the other 
what the late Robert W. Boyd said to me about his 
brother Charles: 'We were not only brothers — we were 
great friends.' They were gentlemanly, self-respecting 
young men, whose conduct represented the refined Chris- 
tian home, which they had left. Joining diflferent lit 
erary societies each gained the highest honor in the gift 
of his fellow-members. At the Anniversary the two 
brothers sat on the platform as presidents of the Cal- 
houn and Preston Societies. In their Senior year 
(1860-61) the clouds of war gathered. The students 
formed a military company, 'The Southern Guards," and 
T. N. Simpson was elected captain. Arrangements 
were made for the usual May exhibition. The program 
had these names and subjects: 

T. N. Simpson — Vox Populi. 

R. W. Simpson — Republican Institutions in North 
America — are they a failure? 

Surely these were timely subjects, well fitted to 
draw out the feelings and convictions of the young 
patriots and orators. But when the time came these 
speakers were not on the platform. They were on the 
tented field. The bombardment of Fort Sumter, April 
12, 13, 1861, seemed to the students as their mother's 
call to duty, and they answered at once. 

Capt. T. N. Simpson was one of the unreturning 
braves. His sword is now among the valuable relics 
in Wofford College. His brother was spared for years 
of service with his fellow-citizens in carrying his native 
State through a great historical crisis." 

R. W. Simpson served as a private in the Confed- 
erate army in Company A, Third Regiment South Caro- 
lina Volunteers, and in Adams' battallion of cavalry 
from April, 1861 to 1863, when, on account of disease 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 7 

contracted in the service, he was detailed for special 
duty until the close of the war. 

From 1865 to 1874 Colonel Simpson farmed. Then 
began his sympathy with the tillers of the soil. In the 
fall of 1874 he was chosen a member of the State Leg- 
islature, and was re-elected in 1876 — the year of Caro- 
lina's redemption from the hand of the alien and the 
traitor — the "carpet bagger" and the "Scalawag." He 
was made chairman of the Committee of Ways and 
Means of the "Wallace House," always a position of 
great responsibility, then one of peculiar dangers and 
difficulties, as is well understood by all who remember 
the struggles of that time and by every student of "Re- 
construction." Colonel Simpson's friends claim for him 
the credit of first suggesting the idea of the Democrats 
of South Carolina breaking loose from the maternal 
party — of securing control of the State and letting Til- 
den's friends fight for their own cause — the plan of cut- 
ting what Gen. M. W. Gary called the "gordion knot" — 
a plan which resulted in President Hays withdrawing 
the United States troops, and Governor Hampton secur- 
ing undisputed possession of the State House and the 
State. 

Chairman Simpson's services in settling the dis- 
ordered finances of the State were delicate and difficult, 
but time proved the wisdom of his views. "He devised 
the plan — and secured the adoption — which reduced the 
debt of the State to its present small proportions." 

It was while serving in the Legislature that R. W. 
Simpson was appointed a member of the Governor's 
Staff, with the rank of Colonel of Cavalry, by Governor 
Wade Hampton. 

During those days he became convinced that 
changed conditions made necessary a change in our edu- 
cational system. He became an earnest advocate of the 
establishment of an agricultural college. He was the 
confidential advisor of the Honorable Thos. G. Clemson — 



8 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

wrote that gentleman's will, was made executor of that 
instrument, and on the organization of the Board of Trus- 
tees of the Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina 
was elected chairman of vthat Board, which position he 
resigned, on account of impaired health a few years be- 
fore his death. His interest in, and his devotion to the 
welfare of Clemson College are well known to all who 
know anything of the history of that institution for the 
first twenty years of its existence. 

About the time he went into politics Colonel Simp- 
son studied law, was adrnitted to the bar, practiced at 
Anderson Court House, and was local attorney for the 
Southern Rail Road fifteen years and for the Blue Ridge 
Railway for eight years. He was also attorney for the 
Bank of Pendleton. 

Colonel Simpson was a life-long member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He loved its doc- 
trines and polity and was many years a Sunday School 
teacher and superintendent. 

On February 10, 1863, R. W. Simpson was married 
to Miss Maria Louise Garlington, of Laurens County, S. 
C. Their beautiful home-life, their devotion to 

each other are well known to all their friends. Of this 
happy union ten children were born — of whom nine are 
now living: Mrs. W. W. Watkins, Mrs. P. H. E. Sloan, Jr., 
Miss M. L. Simpson, Mrs. A. G. Holmes, Mrs. S. M. Mar- 
tin, Mrs. W. W. Klugh, Messrs. R. W. Simpson, Jr., J. G. 
Simpson and T. S. Simpson. 

Colonel Simpson died in a hospital in Atlanta where 
he had been taken for treatment a few days before, at 
four o'clock in the morning of the 11th day of July, 
1912. The afternoon of the next day his remains were 
laid to rest by the new made grave of his wife, near the 
resting place of his father and his mother and his soldier 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 9 

boy brother, in the family burying ground at the old 
home place near Pendleton, South Carolina. 
"When a great man dies 

For years beyond our ken 
The light he leaves behind him lies 
Upon the paths of men." 



PENDLETON 

/ 

P REVIOUS to the year 1768 the only court held in 
-*- South Carolina was in the City of Charleston. 
In that year the State was divided into six districts, and 
Courts of General Sessions and Common Pleas were 
thereafter established and held in each of the, said dis- 
tricts. The judges were authorized to build court 
houses and other necessary public buildings in some 
convenient place in each. A court house was established 
at Ninety-Six, at Cambridge, (See State Statutes, Vol. 
7, p. 197.) 

At the close of the Revolutionary War all the ter- 
ritory embraced in the present counties of Greenville, 
Anderson, Oconee and Pickens belonged to the Cherokee 
Indians, although embraced within the State lines. 
Many adventurous white people had founded settlements 
within this territory, and, for their protection from the 
Indians, the State had built forts in several places, and 
maintained garrisons therein. All of this territory, 
except the extreme upper portion of Oconee and Pickens 
counties was ceded to the State by the Cherokees shortly 
after the close of the war by a treaty negotiated by 
Gen. Andrew Pickens near his home on Seneca River. 
Tradition points out a large oak tree, near the banks of 
the Seneca River, under which General Pickens met the 
Cherokee chiefs and made with them the treaty by which 
the State secured the exclusive possession of this terri- 
tory. 

In 1816, General Statutes, Vol. U, p. 252, another 
treaty was concluded in the City of Washington by which 
the Cherokee Indians ceded to the State the remaining 
parts of the land lying above the old Indian boundary, 
and within the limits of the State lines as they now 
exist. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 11 

By Act of March 16, 1783, commissioners were 
appointed to divide the six judicial districts into counties 
of not more than forty miles square for the purpose of 
establishing county courts. Andrew Pickens, Richard 
Anderson, Thomas Brandon, Levi Keysey, Philemon 
Waters, Arthur Simpkins and Simon Berwick were ap- 
pointed commissioners to divide the District of Ninety- 
Six, (Vol. 4, p. 561). By Act of 1785, Vol. 4, p. 661, 
the several districts were divided into counties. The 
District of Ninety-Six was divided into the counties of 
Abbeville, Edgefield, Newberry, Laurens, Union and 
Spartanburg; and the Justices of Peace were authorized 
to locate and build court houses and jails, and to levy 
taxes to pay for the same. And the lands ceded to the 
State by the Cherokee Indians, embracing the present 
counties of Anderson, Greenville, Pickens and Oconee 
were attached temporarily to the adjoining counties of 
Abbeville, Laurens and Spartanburg, Pendleton County, 
as afterwards established, was attached to Abbeville 
County, and for the time being was in the judicial district 
of Ninety-Six, which by the way explains why we find 
some of our land deeds styled Ninety-Six. 

Acts of 1789, Vol. 7, p. 252, sets forth as follows: 
"Whereas, the people residing in that part of the lands 
ceded to the State by the Cherokee Indians, north of the 
Indian boundary and between the Seneca and Saluda 
rivers, have experienced many inconveniences by being 
attached to Abbeville County, which renders it necessary 
to establish it into a separate county. Therefore, be it 
enacted, That the same be laid off into a county to be 
called Pendleton County. The other part of the said 
ceded lands was laid off into a county to be called 
Greenville County. 

Pendleton was named in honor of Judge Henry 
Pendleton, a native of Virginia, who rose to distinction 
in this State by reason of his great ability and patri- 
otism. 



12 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

By Act of 1789, Vol. V., p. 105, the new counties of 
Pendleton and Greenville were allowed representation 
in the legislature, each to have one senator and three mem- 
bers in the lower house. At the same session commis- 
sioners were appointed to locate a court house for the 
County of Pendleton. The commissioners were Andrew 
Pickens, John Miller, John Wilson, Benj. Cleveland, Wm. 
Halbert, Henry Clark, John Moffett and Robert Ander- 
son. These commissioners purchased from Isaac Lynch 
a tract of land, about as near the center of the County 
of Pendleton as practicable, containing eight hundred 
and eighty-five acres. And the same was conveyed to 
the said commissioners in trust for the County of Pen- 
dleton, as appears by deed dated April 8, 1790, and re- 
corded in book "A," page 1. 

Upon this tract of land the Town of Pendleton is 
located. This tract of land, or a part of it, was laid out 
into streets and village lots, which were numbered, and 
the remainder of the tract was divided into what were 
called "out-lying" lots. 

The first court house was located on what is called 
the Tanyard Branch, near the culvert under the big fill 
on the Blue Ridge Railroad which crosses the old public 
road leading from Pendleton to old Pickens Court House. 

The first court held in Pendleton County was held 
by the magistrates on the second day of April, 1790. 
Andrew Rowe was employed to erect a temporary log 
court house, 18 feet by 25 feet. John Miller was elected 
clerk of the court. On the 10th day of May, 1790, the 
first quarterly court was held in the new court house. 
Present : Magistrates Robert Anderson, John Wilson and 
William Halbert. The following grand jury was drawn 
to serve at the next court,, namely: David Hamilton, 
Lewis Daniel Martin, Jonathan Clarke. Thomas Garvin, 
William McCharles Yates, Robert Dowdle, Alex. Oliver, 
Benjamin Horsce, Isaac Lynch, John Polluck, Joseph 
Kennedy, Duncan Cameron, Joseph Brown, James Gates, 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 13 

John Grisham, Sr., James Hamilton, William Mackey, 
Jacob Vance, and Samuel McCullom. At the same time 
the following petit jury was drawn to serve at the next 
court, namely: David Pruitt, James Davenport, Abel 
Anderson, John Dixon, Robert Stevenson, James Ear- 
ton, John Martin, William Troop, Eli Kitchens, Elisha 
Gaillard, William Pilgrim, James Embree, Samuel Porter, 
Richard York, Andrew Riddle, Hamilton Montgomery, 
Benjamin Norton, Richard Lancaster, William Grant, 
John Burton, Philemon Hawkins, Alexander Ramsey, 
W'lliam Steele, William Lewis, John McCutchin. Alex- 
ander McCrery, John Tweety, 0. Smith, Thomas Moss, 
and John Mayfield. 

Samuel Lofton exhibited to the court his commis- 
sion from the Governor as sheriff, which was ordered 
recorded. The county courts exercised a wide jurisdic- 
tion. Among other things they laid out all the public 
roads in the county. 

By the Act of 1791, Vol. 7, p. 262, Gen. Andrew 
Pickens, Col. Robert Anderson, Capt. Robert Maxwell, 
John Bo wen, James Harrison, Maj. John Ford and John 
Hallum were appointed to purchase land and superin- 
tend the building of a court house and jail for the dis- 
trict of Washington. Washington District was com- 
posed of the counties of Pendleton and Greenville. The 
court house was located at Pickensville, near the pres- 
ent Town of Easley. 

By the Act of 1792, Vol. V, p. 210, it was enacted, 
that the village in Pendleton County where the court 
house and jail of Washington District have been lo- 
cated, shall be called Pickensville, so named in honor of 
General Pickens. Here were held the Courts of Com- 
mon Pleas and General Sessions for a few years only. 

By the Act of 1798, Vol. VH, p. 283, the name County 
was changed to District. And at the court house in 
each of the several districts there shall be held, after 
1800, Courts of Sessions and Common Pleas, to possess 



14 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

and exercise the same powers and jurisdiction as is held 
by the district courts. By the same Act, it was enacted 
that the court for Pendleton District should be held at 
Pendleton Court House. And that the several courts 
of General Sessions of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, 
Assizes, and General Jail Delivery, and Common Pleas, 
now established in this State, are hereby and forever 
abolished. The new courts established by this Act were 
called Courts of Sessions and Common Pleas. By the 
Act of 1799, Vol. Vn, p. 291, county courts as they then 
existed, were also abolished. 

By the Act of 1799, Vol. VH, p. 299, it was enacted, 
that all laws then of force relative to the district courts 
shall be construed to relate to the new districts and the 
courts thereof. By the Act of 1868, the name "District" 
was changed back to "County." 

The first court house for the Courts of Sessions and 
Common Pleas for Pendleton District, was located in 
the present public square of the Town of Pendleton, in 
the hollow near the public well. The jail remains as 
it was then built. These two buildings were built of 
brick. In 1826, at the time when Pendleton District 
was divided into Pickens and Anderson, the commis- 
sioners were engaged in erecting a new court house, 
where the Farmers' Hall now stands. The Pendleton 
Farmers' Society purchased the old. and the new court 
house being built then erected, and with the material of 
the old, finished the new, which is still owned by the 
Pendleton Farmers' Society. 

The records of the Court for Washington District, 
are said to be found in the Clerk's office at Greenville. 
The records of the Courts held at Pendleton may be 
found in the Clerk's office at Anderson. 

The following are the names of some of the lawyers 
who practiced in the Courts at Pendleton, namely: Pick- 
ens and Farrar, Warren R. Davis and Lewis, Taylor 
and Harrison, Yancey and Whitfield, B. J. Earle, Geo. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 15 

W. Earle, Bowie and Bowie, Robert Anderson, Jr., Saxon, 
Yancey & Shanklin, Saxon & Trimmier, T. J. Earle, Z. Tal_ 
iaferro. Choice, Earle & Whitner, Thompson, Tillinghast, 
Norten, George McDuffie. Doubtless there were others, 
these are all that can be found. 

The Lynch tract of land, upon which the Town of 
Pendleton was located, at the time of its purchase, was 
bounded on all sides by lands still belonging to the State. 
But, it was located on the main thoroughfare or Indian 
trail, from Ninety-Six to Fort George, located further 
up in the lands formerly belonging to the Indians — 
Keowee being their chief town, and lying on the west 
bank of the beautiful river by that name. The lands for 
many miles surrounding were slightly rolling and very 
rich and fertile, with numerous water courses traversing 
them. As shown by the profile of the railroad, from 
Belton to Walhalla, Pendleton is situated in a basin, and 
in altitude above the sea, is considerably lower than 
Belton. The Blue Ridge Mountains are distant about 
twenty-five miles, and the spectacle they present to tne 
eye is grand and magnificent. Lord Lowther of Eng- 
land was so much impressed with this mountain view 
that he caused a large dwelling house to be erected on the 
highest point in the town. This dwelling is still in a 
good state of preservation, and is now owned and occu- 
pied by Mrs. William Henry Trescott and her daughters. 

At the close of the Revolutionary War, many fam- 
ilies from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and North 
Carolina settled in Pendleton District. Gen. Andrew 
Pickens, Col. Robert Anderson, Col. Benjamin Cleveland, 
Samuel Earle, Samuel Warren, and Horse Shoe Robert- 
son were of this distinguished number. They, and many 
others, were attracted by its salubrious climate and its 
rich and fertile soil. The native forests were covered 
with a heavy growth of wild pea vine, which furnished 
a luxurious pasture winter and summer for horses, cat- 
tle and game. Pendleton soon became from its location 



16 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

the great trading center for a large and extensive terri- 
tory, and very naturally, the business men of the town, 
of all avocations, became rich. The lands contiguous to 
the town were in great demand, and were very early 
purchased by men of means. Their owners built large 
and comfortable dwellings thus early and farmed with 
great success. These farmers practiced a generous mode 
of living, satisfied with the increase of their slave popula- 
tion. 

Early in the eighteenth century many of the weal- 
thy residents of the low lands, along the sea coast, were 
also attracted by the great advantages which the Town 
of Pendleton afforded as a summer resort and came to 
Pendleton to spend the summer. They also purchased 
farms and erected large, and some of them, very fine 
residences for summer homes. But many of them be- 
came permanent residents. So it came about that all 
the old citizens of Pendleton, in speaking of Pendleton, 
called the country for miles around the "Town of 
Pendleton. It was quite natural that these low coun- 
try gentlemen should bring with them the refined 
customs and manners of the French Huguenots, 
which took root and spread among the sturdy and cul- 
tured residents from Virginia and other contiguous states, 
until the very name of Pendleton became a synonym for 
refined and beautiful women, and for elegant, high-toned 
and chivalrous gentlemen. The names of some of these 
families who came from the low country to Pendleton 
are given. These names will speak for themselves: 
Pinckneys, Elliotts, Bees, Stevens, Chevers, Haskels, 
Smiths, Tunner, Jennings, Porchers, Ravenels, Humes, 
Boons, Norths, Adgers, Potters, Darts, DuPrees, Hamil- 
tons, Haynes, Campbells, Wilsons, Warleys, Trescotts, 
Cuthberts, Gibbes, Stuarts and Hugers. 

Only a few of these families have descendants in 
Pendleton at this time. 

In addition to these immigrants from the low coun- 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 17 

try, many other people from various sections of the State, 
many of them wealthy, also came to Pendleton to secure 
the benefit to be derived there in many ways. Among 
them were the Calhouns, Adams, Earles, Harrisons, 
Pickens, Andersons, Taliaferros, Lewis, Maxwell, Sea- 
borns, Symmes, Kilpatricks, Rosses, Warleys, Lattas, 
Shanklins, Dicksons, Sloans, Smiths, Taylors, Bensons, 
Mavericks, Van Wycks, Whitners, 'Reeses, Cherrys, 
SimpsonSj Hunters, Clemsons, Millers, Gilmans, Sittons,, 
Burts. 

There were many wealthy and influential families 
scattered over the territory of Pendleton. Descendants 
of many of these families have been men known far 
and wide for their fine characters and great ability. 
Such men for instance as James L. Orr, Benj. F. Perry, 
Stephen D. Lee, Joseph E. Brown and others. It would 
have afforded us great pleasure to have reached out and 
embraced the many distinguished families and men in this 
little history, but to have done so would nave extended it 
beyond all reasonable bounds. It is a well known fact 
that the descendants of these early settlers in Pendleton 
have produced more prominent men than perhaps any 
other portion of this or any other state of equal size — 
men who have left here for other states and have at- 
tained there high and important positions. 

It might be well to pause here and inquire into the 
causes which produced noticeable results. The rules of 
society in Pendleton were for the protection of the wo- 
men primarily. None but gentlemen were admitted into 
the family circle. No matter how rich he might be, 
he could not enter, and a poor man, if a gentleman, was 
always welcome. The standard was character and knowl- 
edge of how to conduct himself according to the code of 
a gentleman. It was as much as a man's life was worth 
to speak disrespectfully of a woman or to do or say 
anything not permitted by the best society. Conse- 
quently, the mothers, wives and sisters of this favored 



18 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

region were respected and honored, and as a natural re- 
sult they shed an influence which in turn elevated the 
children, and produced a race of men that have shed 
lustre upon the State and our common country. It is a 
common maxim that there never was a great man un- 
less he had a great mother. When w^omen are pulled 
down by the tongue of slander, and by a lack of that 
veneration due them by the men, from the high and 
exalted position in which God in his Providence has 
placed them, we will look in vain for the coming of great 
men. There never was a breath of scandal connected 
with a woman in Pendleton, The men in their intercourse 
with other men, observed with profound respect the rules 
which a refined society established for the government 
of such intercourse. These observances, coupled with 
a free and generous hospitality from one and all, won 
for the Town of Pendleton, lying in the lap of the beau- 
tiful Blue Ridge Mountains, an extended reputation for 
elegance, refinement and hospitality second to very few 
places in the State. 

When we look back fifty years ago, when Pendleton 
was in its highest degree of prosperity, we recall with 
what strikes us now with peculiar force, that there never 
was any jealousy or unfriendly feeling existing among 
the men and their families. But all seemed to live in 
perfect harmony one with the other. On account of the 
scattered condition of the different homes there were 
but few entertainments given at night. Dinings were 
frequent between the various families, and such dinings 
as they were too. A very pretty custom was when a 
family invited another in the cool of the summer evening 
to tea, as it was then called. It was handed around on big 
waiters, out on the piazzas, and it was not tea alone 
either. Weddings were memorable occasions, everybody 
was invited, and a supper was served in the most lavish 
style. Often there was sufficient to feed not only the 
guests present, but the whole neighborhood besides. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 19 

The citizens of Pendleton always took an active 
interest in everything that looked to the uplifting of the 
people generally. They too were always zealous and 
watchful to preserve the liberties of the country, and 
especially those interests and rights that belong to 
every man and to the State and entire country as well. 

During the days of Nullification the people of Pen- 
dleton were staunch supporters of Mr Calhoun, the lead- 
ing spirit of that memorable movement. And were also 
earnest advocates of, and active participants in, those 
measures which culminated in the Secession of the 
State of South Carolina from the United States in 1860. 
When war was inevitable these people, almost to a man, 
volunteered in the army. The young men volunteered 
first, and unfortunately many of our young men were 
absent in college, or engaged in business in other places, 
and they joined the companies being raised at those places 
they were then at. This and other causes prevented the 
people of Pendleton from organizing local companies, 
thus showing their loyalty to the great cause at stake. 
But the companies of Capt. Daniels, Capt. Shanklin, 
Capt. Kilpatrick of Pickens, Capt. Garlington's company, 
of Laurens Capt. Trenholm's Squadron, Capt. Calhoun's 
company, of Pickens, the Butler Guards, and so on had 
numerous recruits of Pendleton boys. Before the end of 
the war every man in Pendleton who was at all able to 
bear arms, was in the service, gallantly fighting the bat- 
tles of his country. As a result the town and surround- 
ing country were almost entirely denuded of men. No 
part of the Confederacy suffered more perhaps than 
this section of the State. The teachings and the train- 
ing that these people were so familiar with could have 
no other result than to create men who were more than 
willing to give their lives in defense of their country. 
Their religious training also manifested itself in the ten- 
der care bestowed by them upon the sick and wounded 
soldiers. 



20 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

Very early after the Town of Pendleton became the 
county seat of Pendleton County the citizens became in- 
terested in educational matters. In 1808, the legislature 
passed an act authorizing and directing Che commis- 
sioner appointed to sell the lots into which the tract of 
land purchased from Isaac Lynch had been aivided to 
turn over all the money in their hands to certain persons 
therein named for the purpose of establishing a circulat- 
ing library. By the same authority other moneys and 
lands were added to the library fund. In 1811, the cir- 
culating library was incorporated and authority was 
given to the incorporation to buy and sell land, and all 
the remainder of the Lynch tract of land unsold was by 
said act vested in the said incorporation. The circulat- 
ing library continued in operation until 1825, when by 
act of the legislature the library was incorporated as the 
Pendleton Male Academy. The brick academy was then 
built upon some of the land which the legislature had 
given to the library. Afterwards, about 1835, another 
large school house was erected near the brick academy; 
which last was then turned into a dwelling for the teach- 
ers, and the school was held in the large wooden build- 
ing. Both these buildings still remain, and are in fair 
condition ; and a large graded school is now held therein. 
The Pendleton Male Academy was for many years a cel- 
ebrated school, and was always largely patronized, par- 
ticularly by those citizens who resided within four or 
five miles of the town. 

In 1827, there was also in Pendleton a Female Acad- 
emy, in which year the trustees thereof were incorporated 
as the trustees of the Pendleton Female Academy, In the 
year 1828, the trustees of thePendleton Female Academy 
purchased, at public sale, the large brick jail and had 
it improved and added to for an academy. This Academy 
also became famous, and largely patronized both by 
residents and students from abroad. The Farmers' 
Society owned the building adjoining the Female Acad- 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 21 

emy lot, which they sold to the Academy to better accom- 
modate the boarding students. This building, many 
years after, the Academy sold to Col. D. S. Taylor. 

There was still another school in town presided over 
by Miss Mary Hunter. When established, no one now 
living knows. Miss Mary had been teaching for many 
years before 1845, and she was then quite an old woman. 
To this school all the little tots, boys and girls, in the 
town and surrounding country went to learn the things 
Miss Mary taught, and I venture the assertion, not one 
of her scholars ever forgot the "Multiplication Table" 
to the very end of their days. Those who attended this 
celebrated school can no doubt recall many laughable 
little incidents which happened therein. The little boys 
and sometimes the little girls were sent to this school on 
horseback attended by an old Negro man, who returned 
in the afternoon and piloted them safely home. When 
they arrived at the age of maturity, that is when they had 
grown so big Miss Mary could not whip them, they were 
promoted to the Male and Female Academy. There was 
frequently more than a hundred children in each of these 
schools. They came principally from the homes of par- 
ents who resided within the limits of Pendleton. They 
came on foot, or on horse-back, in buggies, carriages, 
carryalls, hacks, and in every conceivable vehicle. As 
the boys grew large enough they drove their sisters to 
the Female Academy, and they kept the vehicle and horses 
at their school, and in the afternoon the whole "lay-out" 
drove to the Female Academy, received their loads and 
returned home. 

The men of Pendleton were ever noted for their 
high toned and chivalric characters. They strictly ob- 
served all the courtesies and amenities of life, due from 
one gentleman to another, and any departure therefrom 
met with immediate condemnation — as with the parents, 
so with the boys. There was no hazing at the Male Acad- 
emy, but when a boy entered this school he had very 



22 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

soon to learn that he had to be a gentleman in his con- 
duct. If he was not an apt student in learning the ways 
of a gentleman he had more fights on his hands than he 
could possibly attend to. And woe be to the boy who 
should make a remark reflecting upon the life or char- 
acter of a lady. It made no difference what lady either. 
Thus were the boys trained in the ways of their fathers 
— to respect women, to honor the aged, and, in their in- 
tercourse with each other, to be honest, upright and gen- 
tlemanly. Their training was sometimes rough, yes, very 
rough, but in the end many honorable and noble men 
were turned out of this old Academy. 

In 1834, the Pendleton Manual Labor School was 
incorporated. This school was under the direction of 
Rev. John L. Kennedy, who afterwards became famous 
as a teacher of the youth of the countr\\ He afterwards 
taught most successfully at Pickens Court House, Tha- 
lian Academy, and other places. The labor school con- 
tinued for a few years only. The reason given by Mr. 
Kennedy to the ■«Titer for its failure was two-fold. The 
boys could not stand being taken out of the school room 
to work in the sun. The sudden changes or other causes 
not determined, brought on an epidemic of typhoid fever, 
which caused the scheme to be abandoned. 

It is somewhat peculiar that the citizens of Pendleton 
ver\' shortly after the termination of the Confederate War 
att-empted to establish a similar school but on a broader 
basis. Thos. G. Clemson, R. F. Simpson, W. H. Tres- 
cott. James W. Crawford, Dr. J. H. Maxwell, Ma.i. Benj. 
Sloan. Col. J. W. Livingston, Dr. H. C. Miller, and R. W. 
Simpson attempted, in an humble way, to establish an 
Agricultural School. And while their efforts failed there 
grew out of their efforts influences which culminated In 
the establishment of Clemson College, an institution far 
beyond the conception of those who first conceived the 
idea. 

As early as 1815 the citizens of Pendleton began to 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 23 

take an active interest in the improvement of their stock 
and the methods of farming. In the same year they organ- 
ized a Farmers' Society. The officers were James C. 
Griffin, president; Josias Gaillard, vice-president; Rob- 
ert Anderson, secretary and treasurer; and Joseph V. 
Shanklin, corresponding secretary. The resident mem- 
bers who first joined the Society were Thomas Pinckney, 
Jr., John L. North, Andrew Pickens, Benjamin Smith, i 
John Miller, Sr., Charles Gaillard, John E. Calhoun, J. 
T. Lewis, Thomas L. Dart, J, B. Earle, William Hunter, 
Benjamin DuPre, Sr., Joseph Grisham, L. McGregor, 
Samuel Earle, Richard Harrison, Patrick Norris, J. C. 
Kilpatrick, Joseph B. Earle, T. W. Farrar, C. W. Miller, 
Samuel Cherry, John Taylor, Thomas Stribling, John 
Green. The next year the following names were added : 
John Maxwell, B. F. Perry, William Hubbard, E. B. Ben- 
son, George Reese, Sr., George W. Liddell, J. B. Perry, 
John Martin, T. Farrar, Warren R. Davis, William Gas- 
ton, Joseph Reed, Elam Sharpe, D. Sloan, Jr., Samuel 
Warren, Leonard Simpson, Major Lewis, Samuel Tay- 
lor. 

In 1817, the following members were added to the 
Society: William Steele, James Laurence, Frances Burt, 
John Hunter, W. S. Adair, William Taylor, William 
Anderson, Joseph Mitchell, Thomas Lorton, Rev. James 
Hillhouse, Benjamin Dickson, Richard Lewis, J. T. 
Whitfield, J. B. Hammond, John Halbert, and Robert 
Lemon. 

In 1818, the following members were added: John 
Hall, David Cherry, John Gaillard, Charles Stony, Mc- 
Kenzie Collins, George Taylor, Theodore Gaillard, Samuel 
Gassaway, R. A. Maxwell, J. P. Lewis, F. W. Symmes, 
George Reese, Jr., Joseph Whitner, James Faris, James O. 
Lewis, Thomas Sloan, Henry McCrary, David K. Ham- 
ilton. 

Many addresses and reports of committees are still 
preserved in which are shown the great interest taken 



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24 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

at that early date in the improvement of everything per- 
taining to agriculture. This society is the oldest of 
its kind in the United States, except the one organ- 
ized in Philadelphia a year or two before this one. The 
Pendleton Farmers' Society, in 1828,, bought the old 
court house and the new one being then erected in 
Pendleton. And, with the material of the old court 
house, completed the new building for the Farmers' 
Society, which is still the property of the Society. For 
many years stock shows and fairs were annually held. 
Improved breeds of cattle and other kinds of stock 
were imported. Horses, cattle jacks, sheep and hogs In 
great numbers were put on exhibition. And thus these 
shows were kept up for years. Ever since the war some 
notable exhibition of stock has taken place. The Far- 
mers' Society has maintained its organization to the 
present time. 

John Miller, who assisted in the publication and 
circulation of the famous Junius' Letters in London, 
came to America. He published the first daily paper 
ever issued in Charleston. Afterwards he made Pen- 
dleton his home, and was elected Clerk of the County 
Court in 1790. Mr. Miller commenced the publication 
of a weekly newspaper in Pendleton early in the 
nineteenth century. The paper was first known as Mil- 
ler's Weekly Messenger, and afterwards appeared as 
the Pendleton Messenger, with Dr. F. W. Symmes as 
(ditor. Dr. Symmes was a man of ability and wielded 
a controlling influence in the politics of this section 
of the State. He was a Democrat and a fearless advo- 
cate of Mr. Calhoun and his politics in his remarkable 
career in the country. In 1849 he sold the Messenger 
to Burt & Thompson, who conducted the paper for several 
years. 

Major George Seaborn edited and published the Far- 
mer and Planter at Pendleton for a number of years. 
Major Seaborn was a native of Greenville, and reared a 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 25 

large and interesting family. He took great interest in 
improving the methods of farming as he found them 
here. His paper was not only useful and ably edited, 
but it was very popular in the State. 

Early in the history of Pendleton a Jockey Club 
was incorporated by the legislature. A number of good 
citizens engaged in the sport of racing, not because it 
was profitable as such, but because in that way the stock 
of the country could be improved. There was no betting 
or immorality in the mere act of racing. It was encour- 
aged because it afforded amusement to the people at 
large. 

One small event may be recorded without loss of 
temper or currency This was known as the worm Mul- 
ticallus incident. Many trees were planted, and some 
silk was evolved by the silk worms. The fortunes to 
be made by the trees did not materialize, but quite a num- 
ber of persons, including Mrs. Samuel Reid, of Pickens, 
were very successful in making silk and manufacturing 
it into beautiful cloth. 

One of the great events in the history of Pendleton 
was the removal of Hon. John C. Calhoun, from Abbe 
ville, to Fort Hill in 1824. Incidentally, it connects his 
family with the origin of Clemson College, of which we 
desire to make brief mention. The great struggle, tne 
fierce "War between the sections," left the entire South 
barren in almost every respect. As an agricultural peo- 
ple we were bereft of labor and capital, and, to add to this, 
our political condition was rendered almost intolerable 
by the unrelenting disposition of the North in its hour of 
success. Our educational institutions went down in 
the general wreck. They had been too, mostly of a lit- 
erary character. Something practical in this respect was 
a necessity. Col. Thomas G. Clemson, a son-in-law of 
Mr. Calhoun, was an eminently^^'^factical man, and had 
been very thoroughly educated iTir this respect. He was 
a scientist of very high character.^ Colonel Clemson was 



26 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

in the overthrow with his family, and saw his way 
clearly as to the necessities of the future. The educa- 
tion of the youth of the South must in a measure be of 
a practical character; and he, in his old age, gauged the 
future most successfully. He resided on a spot dear lo 
every Southern man by its associations. Was the future 
of a great people to be made certain by the practical and 
scientific knowledge of Colonel Clemson? Let us see. 

We have already seen that the people of Pendleton 
had at a very early period, become interested in the prac- 
tical character of the "Labor School" established near 
town. They also redoubled their efforts after the war 
to establish a more effective institution. These gentle- 
men were the companions of Colonel Clemson, and his 
desire in this connection rekindled their efforts. This 
was especially true as to Col. R. W. Simpson. He had 
nobly discharged his duty as a private in the ranks of 
the Confederate Army. He was not only a successful 
farmer, but also a lawyer of distinction. He was often 
consulted by Colonel Clemson as to his business generally 
and especially as to the establishment of such an insti- 
tution as Clemi^n College has proved to be. He wrote 
his will, giving in a marked degree, the directions of 
Colonel Clemson in this respect, and was his companion 
generally in the passing years of his useful and eventful 
life. 

On one occasion. Colonel Simpson was requested by 
the Trustees of the College to prepare a sketch of the 
life of Colonel Clemson. This he did, and read the same 
before the authorities of the College. 

This is a brief memorial of Colonel Simpson to his 
departed friend, and we have drawn largely from it in 
concluding this article. 

"Col. Thomas G. Clemson was born in the City of 
Philadelpha, July, 1807, died at Fort Hill, S. C, April 
6, 1888, and was buried at Pendleton, S. C. Colonel 
Clemson was six feet six inches tall. His features were 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 2-] 

handsome and his appearance commanding. His de- 
portment and manner were dignified and polished. His 
intellect was of a high order, and he was gifted with 
fine conversational powers. His views and opinions were 
broad and liberal and there was nothing narrow or con- 
tracted about him. 

"While possessed of ample means he had no dis- 
position to spend more money upon himself than was 
actually necessary. His greatest desire was to take care 
of his property and increase it that he might the better 
carry out his promise to his wife, which was to found an 
Agricultural College upon Fort Hill, upon the very spot 
she herself had selected for the location of the main col 
lege building. How faithfully he redeemed his promise 
to his dear wife, let Clemson College as it stands today 
in all of its magnificence speak. Colonel Clemson well 
knew that the property donated for the purpose would not 
be sufficient to build and maintain such a college as he 
conceived of; but having a firm reliance upon the liber- 
ality of the State of South Carolina, he felt assured that 
when the necessities of the people, growing out of their 
changed conditions resulting from the effects of the war, 
were properly understood and appreciated, his efforts 
to benefit the farmers would be recognized, and that the 
State would supplement his donation by whatever amount 
might be necessary to establish the dream of his life. 
He reasoned wisely and correctly. 

"Very early in life Colonel Clemson developed a 
great taste for the study of the sciences, especially chem- 
istry, mineralogy and geology. In 1823, when hardly 
sixteen years old he ran off from home, not on account of 
any disagreement with his parents, but simply for adven- 
ture and to see the world. At that time, though so young, 
was six feet tall and exceedingly handsome, both in form 
and feature. He first went to England, but remained 
there only a short time and then visited Paris. At that 
time France was particularly friendly towards the United 



2^ HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

States, and this handsome young American very soon at- 
tracted the attention of the young nobility of the great 
City. Through these young men he also became ac- 
quainted with some of the leading officials of the City. 
During his stay in Paris he shouldered a musket and 
joined his young friends in several of the revolutions or 
outbreaks for which that City has been famous. His 
gallantry displayed on these occasions earned for him 
the respect and esteem of the officials, who rewarded him 
with a position in the celebrated School of the Mines. 
He remained at the school for four years and graduated 
with high honors. During his stay in Paris he also 
found time to indulge his taste for painting, and had as 
his teachers some of the celebrated artists of that time. 
By these means he became acquainted with many painters 
both in France and Germany, which enabled him in after 
years to collect the many valuable and beautiful paintings 
which now adorn the walls of John C. Calhoun's old 
homestead at Fort Hill. During his stay in Europe his 
father died and his large estate was divided in such a way 
as to leave him no part of it, and just at the age of man- 
hood found himself penniless; but he cheerfully set to 
work in the practice of his profession and very soon 
earned an enviable reputation. His services as mining 
expert were particularly valuable, and though established 
at Washington, his labors were not confined to this coun- 
try alone, but extended to Cuba and South America also. 
His fees were large and he soon after amassed a com- 
fortable fortune. At Washington he was a conspicuous 
and prominent person, and he had the entry into the most 
exclusive families. Miss Floride, the eldest daughter of 
John C. Calhoun, was in Washington on a visit to her 
father, and there Colonel Clemson met her, and subse- 
quently they were married at Fort Hill. Mrs. Clemson 
was among women what her distinguished father was 
among men. Her love for her home and country was 
superb, and to this noble, generous and yet gentle woman, 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 29 

South Carolina is as much indebted for Clemson College 
as to the distinguished husband, Thomas G. Clemson. 
Colonel Clemson was a great admirer of John C. Calhoun 
and earnestly supported his political views and opin- 
ions. During the administration of President Jackson 
he was appointed Minister to Belgium, but having very 
little taste for politics, at the expiration of his term, 
he returned to his home in Washington, and resumed 
the work of his profession. At the beginning of the war 
Colonel Clemson was residing at his home in Washing- 
ton City with his family, which consisted of his wife and 
his son, John C. Clemson, and daughter, Floride Clemson 
— the son and daughter about grown. It was well known 
to the authorities that the sympathies of Colonel Clemson 
were with the South, and for this reason his movements 
were closely watched, and some time in 1862 his arrest 
was ordered, but being warned by a friend that he would 
be arrested the next day, he and his son escaped during 
the night, and crossed the Potomac in a row boat. Land- 
ing on Virginia soil they did not stop until they reached 
Richmond, having walked the entire distance. Upon 
arriving in Richmond they both tendered their services 
to President Davis. John C. was at once appointed a 
lieutenant in the army and assigned to duty. Colonel 
Clemson was assigned to the mining department of the 
trans- Mississippi. Here he remained in the service to the 
close of the war. At this time Mrs. John C. Calhoun 
resided at Pendleton, and here Colonel Clemson was re- 
united with his family, and here they resided until the 
death of Mrs. Calhoun in the latter part of 1866. 

Previous to the war, Mrs. Calhoun had sold their old 
home — Fort Hill — and all her property thereon, to her 
son. Col. Andrew P. Calhoun, taking his bond and mort- 
gage for the purchase money. Of this bond and mort- 
gage Mrs. Calhoun willed three-fourths to her daughter 
Mrs. Thomas G. Clemson, and one-fourth 

to Mrs. Clemson's daughter. Miss Floride, who subse- 



30 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

quently married Mr. Gideon Lee, of New York. The 
mortgage of Col. A. P. Calhoun was foreclosed, and Mrs. 
Clemson bought in Fort Hill, and divided it with her 
daughter, Mrs. Lee, in proportion to the interest of each 
under Mrs. Calhoun's will. In 1871, Mrs. Floride Lee 
died, leaving one child, a daughter. Only seventeen days 
after Mrs. Lee's death, John C. Clemson was 
killed near Seneca by a collission of two trains on the 
Blue Ridge Railroad. The loss of their only two chil- 
dren was a terrible shock to Mr. and Mrs. Clemson. 
Desolate, they mourned — all the brightness had been 
blotted out of their lives, but unsearchable are the Prov- 
idences of God, for it was then that these two stricken 
sorrowing parents determined to unite in so disposing 
of all they had left of their property as to bring to their 
fellowmen as much happiness and prosperity as they 
could have wished for themselves. They agreed to make 
wills to each other, and promised that the survivor would 
make a will donating all of their joint property to erect an 
Agricultural College at Fort Hill. In 1875, Mrs. Clem- 
son died suddenly of heart disease, while Mr. Clemson 
was absent from horhe. Many persons in Pendleton 
remember the grief of this old and now desolate man at 
the grave, when the remains of the devoted partner of 
his life were being laid to rest. The remaining years 
of his life Mr. Clemson spent desolate and alone, at Fort 
Hill. After awhile he began to take more interest in 
affairs. He was fond of reading and kept around him 
the leading newspapers and standard magazines, by 
>*hich he was enabled to keep in touch with his fellow- 
men ; otherwise he lived the life of a hermit, at least for 
several years after the death of Mrs. Clemson. Eventu- 
ally, however, his mind became fixed upon the one pur- 
pose of fulfilling the promise to his wife, and erecting 
the College they had planned. Then he began again to 
visit his friends, and many were the efforts he and his 
friends made to interest others in this great work. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 31 

During this time he looked carefully after his finances, 
and tried to save all he could for the College. But still 
he provided generously for the faithful helpers who re- 
mained with him, and wished very much to help other 
poor friends in distress and did so. It was the privilege 
of the writer to visit him frequently during the last two 
years of his life, and during this time he talked freely 
of his life and experiences. He portrayed in a manner 
never to be forgotten, the condition the South was sure 
to be plunged into if something was not done to arrest 
the destructive tendencies of the times. Education, 
such as we had before our conditions were changed by 
the war, was all right, but not enough. To become suc- 
cessful the Southern people had to become practical, 
and a practical education was necessary to meet the 
people's necessities. During the latter part of his life 
he talked a great deal about religious matters and became 
very nuich concerned about the salvation of his soul. 
He requested the ministers to visit him. One good man 
who was with him to the last, said that beyond a doubt 
he had made his peace with his God, and his last words 
were in behalf of the poor and suffering. Can the peo- 
ple of South Carolina ever forget Thomas G. Clemson 
and the great work he helped to accomplish for them? 
If this is possible visit Fort Hill and look around you !" 

This is the faithful tribute of Colonel Simpson to his 
friend. Thomas G. Clemson. 

Clemson College has been partly burned, and has 
been rebuilt. Additions have been made from time to 
time. Recently large additions have been planned, and 
very soon more than eight hundred young men can be 
educated at this College along practical lines. The Col- 
lege is in a very prosperous condition. 



REV. SAMUEL FENNER WARREN. 



Rev. Samuel Fenner Warren was the father of Col. 



32 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

Samuel Warren, the subject of this sketch. He officiated 
as the faithful pastor of old Eutaw Church for 31 years 
and died in 1789, and was buried in the church yard at 
old Eutaw church. A relative of the family furnishes 
the following inscription on the family tombstone at this 
sacred place. 

"Beneath this marble is deposited the remains of 
the Rev. Samuel Fenner Warren. * * * * Qq^ Samuel 
Warren, his son, is buried in the same grave. He was 
born near the spot where his mortal remains repose, and 
at an early age was sent to England for his education, 
under the care of his uncle, John Warren, Bishop of 
Bangor, but when war ravaged his native State, his gal- 
lant spirit impelled him to fly to her rescue. Breaking 
through all restraints and the influence of dignified rel- 
atives, he returned and immediately took up arms in her 
defense. At the age of 18, when leading his command 
against the British lines, he received a bullet in his 
leg, but supporting himself upon his sword until 
another struck him on the knee, and shattered the thigh 
bone, he fell, was taken up from the field In Savannah; 
his thigh was amputated, he survived and continued to 
perform staff duties in the army until the establishment 
of national independence and the restoration of peace." 

"Col. Warren was a true friend of the children of 
his early associations, most of whom he served, direct- 
ing their education, and faithfully discharging the duties 
of educator and guardian. He was distinguished by 
South Carolina with many high and honorable trusts. 
Serving long in each branch of the Legislature, was made 
President of the Senate and was offered the appoint- 
ment of governor, which he declined. Late in life he 
removed to the district of Pendleton, and there died sud- 
denly on the last day of December, 1841, in the 79th year 
of his age, honored and respected as a patriot, a man of 
probity and a friend. This monumental slab bears tes- 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 33 

timony of the esteem and gratitude of many who hon- 
ored him in life and revere his memory." 

Col. Warren was a member of the Constitutional 
Convention of 1832, and voted for the Ordinance of 
Nullification. 

Col. Warren resided on the Three and Twenty Mile 
Creek below Pendleton Factory. He was a gentleman of 
considerable means, and lived the life of a bachelor. 
His household consisted of himself and Lydia Ann Per- 
dreau, his ward and adopted daughter, whom he edu- 
cated and reared most tenderly. This young lady mar- 
ried John Miller, a son of John Miller, the Englishman, 
and who was the editor and proprietor of "Miller's 
Weekly Messenger," and afterwards the "Pendleton Mes- 
snger." Col. Warren gave all his property by will to 
Samuel Fenner Warren Miller, a son of tlie above first 
named John Miller. 

At the recent session of the General Assembly of 
South Carolina, the descendants of Col. Warren pre- 
sented to the State a very striking portrait of this dis- 
tinguished patriot. This portrait was received in a for-- 
mal manner, by both houses of the legislature, and now 
graces the walls of the Senate Chamber, a body over' 
which Colonel Warren presided as president many years 
ago. 

A history of Pendleton would be incomplete without 
honorable mention is made of the "Old Stone Church," 
where many citizens of Pendleton worshipped and were 
afterwards buried. This church, Presbyterian, was or- 
ganized in 1789, and was then known as Hopewell-Ke- 
owee. The first house of worship was erected in 1790 
of logs, about forty rods east side of the late Ezekiel 
Pickens' residence, on the north side of the road. The 
spot is grown over with trees. The second house of 
worship was completed in 1800. It was built of rock 
and is now known as the "Old Stone Church." Gen. 
Andrew Pickens, Gen. Robert Anderson and Dick- 



34 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

son were the first elders. Rev. Thomas Reese, D. D., 
was the first pastor. He died in 1796, and was the first 
person buried there. He was a graduate of Princeton 
College. The name of the church — Hopewell-Keowee^ — 
is taken from the residence of Gen. Andrew Pickens 
near by. After the rock building was erected, it was 
called the "Stone Meeting House." It was erected by 
John R. Rusk, a Revolutionary soldier, and father of 
Gen. Thos. J. Rusk, a U. S. Senator from Texas. Dr. 
Frierson says that, "Meeting House is the precise mean- 
ing of the word synagogue, the time-honored name of 
the house in which Jesus Christ preached." Among the 
members of this church were some prominent names: 
Andrew Pickens, and Robert Anderson, men of great 
influence in the State at that time. The present counties 
of Anderson, Pickens and Oconee were then known as 
Pendleton, a section of the country ceded some years 
before by the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee and Creek 
tribes of Indians, assembled in four different camps at 
the residence of Gen. Andrew Pickens. This section of 
the State, on account of its fertility, varied resources, 
and salubrious climate, drew settlers from many quar- 
ters. After the treaty of Hopewell, which was coucluded 
in 1783, and concluded between the belligerent powers 
of the old Revolution, it was found by government census 
to contain 9,500 persons." From 1824, the church at 
Hopewell-Keowee began to decline. At that period a 
church was built at the the Town of Pendleton, known 
as Hopewell-Pendleton, and began to grow and prosper. 
The interest for many years at the "Old Stone Church" 
has centered mainly in the preservation and protection 
of the old burying ground around the church. A rock wall 
has encircled the sacred spot, and more attention is being 
given to beautifying the grounds. The church building 
is in fairly good condition, and services are held there 
occasionally. This sacred spot is the resting place of 
General Pickens' family, the Reeses, Cherrys, Whitners, 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 35 

Maxwells, Lewises, Sloans, Calhouns, Bensons, Millers, 
Kilpatricks, Storeys, Symmes, Rosses, Dicksons, Doyles, 
Ramsays, Steeles, McElroys, Alexanders, Andersons, 
Ereazeales, Crawfords, Greshams, Harris, Henrys, 
Hunters, Laniers, Livingstones, Lortons, McEi- 
hannys, Rusks, Sharpes, Walkers, and many others. 
Printer John Miller gave the land, something over six- 
teen acres, whereon to build the "Old Stone Church." 

In 1832, when the State was greatly excited over 
the subject of Nullification, the people generally took an 
active part in advocating Nullification. Mr. Calhoun 
was the absolute leader of public thought, and, as is well 
known, strongly advocated the right of the State to nul- 
lify any act of Congress injurious to the interests of the 
State. Benj. F. Perry, a bold and fearless man, was 
then editing the Greenville Mountaineer, at Greenville, 
S. C. He dared to oppose Mr. Calhoun, and by his vig- 
orous articles, began to win quite a number to his way of 
thinking. The friends of Mr. Calhoun became alarmed 
and were determined to break the force of the growing 
Union sentiment, and to put an end to Mr. Perry's op- 
position- With this end in view, Turner Bynum, Esq., 
a brilliant writer and fearless man, was induced to go 
to Greenville and become editor of the Greenville Sentinel, 
a spirited nullification journal. Mr. Bynum spent a 
good deal of his time at Pendleton, where he had many 
personal and political friends. It was expected that 
Messrs. Bynum and Perry advocating such opposite 
views, would sooner or later, meet each other in mortal 
combat. And so it happened. A challenge was passed 
and the principals and their friends met on the "field of 
honor" to settle their difficulties. The field was an island 
in Tugaloo River, in 1832. Mr. Bynum was mortally 
wounded and died the next day. His body was buried 
at the "Old Stone Church." There had been a heavy 
rain, the streams were swollen, and much difficulty was 
experienced by those in charge of the body, and they did 



36 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

not reach the grave yard until about mid-night, at which 
gloomy lu)ur the mortal remains of this brilliant young 
man were lowered into a grave half filled with water. 
The two pine poles, cut to place across the grave upon 
which to rest the body, after the burial were siuck in the 
ground, the one at the head and the other at the foot of 
the grave to mark the same. These two pine poles 
grew and became large pine trees, standing as 
faithful sentinels to keep watch over the sacred 
spot. Mr. A. C. Campbell was present at the 
burial of Bynum and resided within a mile of the 
spot. He described the scene as above described, and 
said that the statement iji regard to the two pine poles 
was true of his own knowledge. The result of the elec- 
tion throughout the State for delegates to the convention 
was largely in favor of nullification. The vote in Pen- 
dleton District was two to one on the same side. The 
following gentlemen were elected members of the conven- 
tion from Pendleton : Col. Samuel Warren. Dr. F. W, 
Symmes, John T. Whitfield, Robert Anderson, Frank 
Burt. Barnard E. Bee. Bailey A. Barton. Armistead Burt. 
The Burts were brothers. 

There has been a number of duels in Pendleton. 
The last one was fought between Col. W. Ransom Cal- 
houn and Colonel Rhett .of Charleston, during the war. 
Colonel Calhoun was killed. It was only twenty-eight 
years from the date of the Nullification struggle to 1860. 
when the people were nearly unanimous for war. And- 
this has been the experience of mankind from the earliest 
times. 

The following gentlemen, citizens of Pendleton, 
have represented this Congressional District and the 
State in the United States Senate and House of Repre- 
sentatves up to 1860, to-wit: 

Third Congress — Andrew Pickens. Representative. 

Fourth Congress. — Samuel Earle. Representative. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 37 

Seventh Congress. — John Ewing Calhoun, U. S. 
Senate. 

Eighth Congress-. — John B. Earle, Representative. 

Eighth Congress. — John Gaillard, U. S. Senate. 

Ninth Congress. — Elias Earle, Representative. 

Ninth Congress — John Gaillard, U. S. Senate. 

Tenth Congress. — Joseph Calhoun, Representative. 

Teyith Congress. — John Taylor, Representative. 

Tenth Congress. — John Gaillard U. S., Senate, 

Eleventh Congress — Joseph Calhoun, Representative. 

Eleventh Congress. — John Gaillard, U. S. Senate. 

Twelfth Congress. — John C. Calhoun, Representa- 
tive. 

Twelfth Congress. — Elias Earle, Representative. 

Twelfth Congress. — John Gaillard, U. S. Senate. 

Thirteenth Congress. — John C. Calhoun, Represent- 
ative. 

Thirteenth Congress. — Elias Earle, Representative. 

Thirteenth Congress. — John Gaillard, U. S. Senate. 

Fourteenth Congress — John Gaillard, U. S. Senate. 

Fourteenth Congress. — John C. Calhoun, Represent- 
ative. 

Fourteenth Congress. — John Taylor, Representative. 

Fifteenth Congress. — Elias Earle. 

Fifteenth Congress. — John Gaillard, U. S. Senate. 

Sixteenth Congress. — Elias Earle, Representative. 

Sixteenth Congress. — John Gaillard, U. S. Senate. 

Seventeenth Congress — John Gaillard, U. S. Senate. 

Eighteenth Coyigress. — John Gaillard, U. S. Senate. 

Nineteenth Congress. — John Gaillard, U. S. Senate. 

Tiventieth Congress. — Warren R. Davis, Represent- 
ative. 

Twenty-first Congress. — Warren R. Davis, Repre- 
sentative. 

Twenty-second. — John C. Calhoun, U. S. Senate. 

Twenty -second Congress. — Warren R. Davis, Rep- 
resentative. 



38 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

T IV enty -third Congress. — John C. Calhoun, U. S. 
Senate. 

Tiu enty -third Congress. — Warren R. Davis, Rep- 
resentative. 

Twenty-fourth Congress. — John C. Calhoun, U. S. 
Senate. 

T IV e7ity- fifth Congress. — John C. Calhoun, U. S. 
Senate. 

Tiventy-sixth Congress. — John C. Calhoun, U. S. 
Senate. 

Twenty-seventh Congress. — John C. Calhoun, U. S. 
Senate. 

Tiventy-eighth Congress. — Richard F. Simpson, Rep- 
resentative. 

Twenty-ninth Congr ess. ^-John C. Calhoun, U. S. 
Senate. 

Twenty-ninth Congress. — Richard F. Simpson, Rep- 
resentative. 

Thirtieth Coyigress. — John C. Calhoun, U. S. 
Senate. 

Thirtieth Congress. — Richard F. Simpson, Repre- 
sentative. 

Thirty-first Congress. — John C. Calhoun, U. S. Sen- 
ate. 

Thirty-first Congress. — James L. Orr, Representa- 
tive. 

Thirty-second Congress. — James L. Orr, Represent- 
ative. 

Thirty-third Congress. — James L. Orr, Represent- 
ative. 

Thirty-fourth Congress. — James L. Orr, Represent- 
ative. 

Thirty-fifth Congress — James L. Orr, Represent- 
ative. 

The following gentlemen, citizens of Pendleton, have 
held the high positions given below : 

From March, 1813, John Gaillard was not only a 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 39 

member of the United States Senate, but was also Pres- 
ident pro. tem. of that body from this date and also 
including the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th 
and 18th Congresses. 

From 1817 to 1821— John C. Calhoun, Secretary of 
war. 

From 1821 to 1825— John C. Calhoun, Secretary of 
war. 

From 1825 to 1829— John C. Calhoun, Vice-Presi- 
dent of the United States, 

From 1829 to 1833— John C. Calhoun, Vice-Presi- 
dent, resigned in 1831. 

1845 to 1849 — John C. Calhoun, Secretary of war. 

John C. Calhoun was U. S. Senator, March, 1850, 
when he died. 

James L. Orr was Speaker of the House of Repre- 
sentatives, Senator of the Confederate State Congress, 
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to 
Russia, and Governor of South Carolina. 

Andrew Pickens, son of Gen. Andrew Pickens, was 
Governor of South Carolina in 1816. 

Francis Burt was territorial Governor of Nebraska. 

Dear old Pendleton ! says a correspondent of the 
Keowee Courier, in May, 1891. He writes brilliantly and 
enthusiastically when he states what hallowed associ- 
ations does the name of this dear old town conjure up. 
How often in thought do we wander back there! Old 
landmarks and many reminders are still to be seen, but 
the kindly faces and precious souls have nearly all gone 
across the bourne. We hope to meet them again in the 
better land if admitted into the eternal realms of bliss; 
and, as time rolls on in her endless cycle, we feel that 
now and then we should feel constrained to spare a mo- 
ment to peep down upon the old familiar spot, where 
our first fond hopes of earth aspired and indulged in 
many bright anticipations which have never been real- 
ized. Fifty years ago old Pendleton was the fairest town 



40 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

in upper South Carolina, a community of wealth, intel- 
ligence, refinement and religion, and the home of the 
best people it has ever fallen to our lot to know — a resort 
of giant minds who would do honor to any age of the 
world's history. Such men as John C. Calhoun, Langdon 
Cheves, Daniel E. Huger, George McDuffie, Warren R. 
Davis, John Taylot, David K. Hamilton, the Pinckneys, 
Haynes, Hamiltons, Earles ; the Generals Pickens, Ander- 
sons, Blasingames, the Colonels Warren, Alston and 
Barton, and the home of Barnard E. Bee, the Stevens 
brothers, Clement and Peter of Charleston gun boat 
fame, of Confederate times, home of John and Pat 
Calhoun, the well known young financiers of today; and 
from these old hills came the astute senator, Joseph E. 
Brown, Atlanta's brainest man. Dr. H. V. M. Miller, 
General Rusk of Texas, a power in his day; Governors 
Perry and Orr; Commander Stribling of the Navy, and 
hundreds who have left their impress upon this new 
world, and in their day and times helped to lay the foun- 
dation and build up this great country; and a host of 
others whose honorable names and useful citizenship 
would challenge the world for comparison. Such was 
the status of Old Pendleton fifty years ago; when in the 
full tide of her prosperity, a splendid Piedmont climate 
with fertile lands under the old slave regime, and when 
the wealth resided in the country and agricultural pur 
suits were regarded second to none other as an occupa- 
tion of honor and profit; and were conducted with an 
intelligence and advancement scarcely surpassed today 
in the South. 

Old Pendleton was famed for the beauty and gen- 
tleness of her women as well as for the high-tone and 
pluck of her men. Old Pendleton District was then 
about the size of the State of Rhode Island, and the 
good old town was the grand center of both society and 
trade, and, indeed was one of the foremost pioneer towns 
in the South. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 41 

It was in the streets of old Pendleton tliat her indig- 
nant citizens kindled the first bonfire that consumed in 
its flames the first incendiary papers and letters sent 
South by the abolitionists to stir strife and discord among 
a happy people. 

One of the first female high schools in the South 
was conducted by the Misses Bates and Billings, from 
Vermont, who taught the young ladies etiquette and 
French, graceful attitudes and high-falutin notions, 
modern manners, to walk daintily and to scream fash- 
ionably at a bug or mouse. 

One of the first military academies was here, where 
the boys were drilled daily, wore gray uniforms and 
brass buttons. 

One of the first cotton spinning factories was estab- 
lished there and met with great success and profit. It 
was operated for many years and up to his death, by 
Maj. B. F. Sloan, and is still in successful operation by 
Mr. A. J. Sitton. 

Pendleton and her Agricultural Society, fair grounds 
and race track, and some of her exhibitions, would put 
to blush some of the fairs of the present day. 

Pendleton had four prosperous churches, two hotels, 
and who of her old citizens does not remember the long- 
ball-room in the old Tom Cherry Hotel, and the beautiful 
young girls who once skimmed like swallows over those 
well waxed floors, and the stately matrons, who as chap- 
erones, patronized with their presence those delightful 
occasions, and gave dignity and respectability to the 
ball-room? The old Debating Society held in the old 
Farmers'Hall and ever graced by a full attendance of the 
fair sex? The fine coaches and the beautiful pairs of 
horses that whirled up the dust in the streets of the old 
town? What old citizen's heart is not made to throb 
at the recollection of thrilling notes from the stage horn 
over the hills to notify of its coming? How the people 
v/ould gather around the hotels and the postoffice as the 



42 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

great rocking, ponderous vehicle came rolling and swing- 
ing over the rocks, drawn by four or six horses, dash- 
ing in at a gallop into the center of the old town with its 
passengers and mail. And with what eager excitement 
the citizens sought to welcome friends and visitors and 
receive the tardy news. 

Who does not remember the old "Pendleton Messen- 
ger" and Dr. F. W. Symmes, its able editor; and the "Far- 
mer and Planter," and Maj. George Seaborn, editor and 
proprietor; Mr. E. B. Benson, the long time merchant; 
old Billy Hubbard, the jolly landlord ; the old English 
dancing master, Walon ; rich Sam Manerick, the ec- 
centric old man ; Sid Cherry, the ba,tchelor ; Tommy 
Christian, the town marshall, and many others we have 
not space to mention. :. 

Since the days of which we have been. speaking, the 
second and third generations are passing from the stage 
of action, rapidly losing their grip on life and falling 
off into the sea of time. Of the second. Col. Tom Pickens, 
Mr Dickson and John Sitton alone remain. Mr. Wm. 
H. D. Gaillard died but recently, and but a remnant of 
the third generation is left. Clemson Agricultural Col- 
lege is now being erected at Fort Hill, the old home of 
John C. Calhoun and the old town is looking up somewhat. 
May the Lord bless the faithful old spot, and may she 
become once more as she was, in the days of yore, as 
"a city set upon a hill." 



NAMES OF MEMBERS OF SECESSION 
CONVENTION. 
Anderson — Joseph N. Whitner, James L. Orr, Rich- 
ard F. Simpson, Jacob P. Reed, Benj. F. Mauldin. 

Pickens — Andrew F. Lewis, William Hunter, Rob- 
ert A. Thompson, William S. Gresham, John Maxwell. 



FORT HILL GUARDS. 
The following is a list of the names of the men who 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 43 

composed the first company organized at Pendleton, 
South Carolina, for service in the Confederate Army, 
which afterwards became Company "I", of the Fourth 
Regiment of South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, was 
commanded by Capt. Julius L. Shanklin, and was known 
as the "Fort Hill Guards." 

Officers — Julius L. Shanklin, Captain ; John C. Cher- 
ry, first lieutenant; John W. Daniels, second lieutenant; 
Michael A. Belotte, third lieutenant; Gustavus H. Sym- 
mes, orderly sergeant; Augustus J. Sitton, second ser- 
geant; J. Waddill Hillhouse, third sergeant; Richard W. 
Grubbs, fourth sergeant; Daniel Magill, fifth sergeant; 
J. O. Skelton, corporal; John A. Harris, corporal; T. Ed- 
ward Maxwell, corporal; William G. Jenkins, corporal; 
John M. Jolly, corporal. 

Privates — John A. Amick, James O. Beard, John 
Brooks, Samuel L. Bowden, William M. Belotte, L. M. 
Bolt, Newton J. Browning, Joseph N. Chastain, John W. 
Cox, Patrick Clifford, Thomas Crow, Samuel H. Cro- 
mer, John C. Caminade, Joseph A. Crocker, N. Pickens 
Carroll, James L. Dickson, Columbus A. Daniels, George 
W. Dodd, Theodore Darricott, James M. Duke, Jacob 
Eskew, Edward Fant, William W. Graham, W. Thompson 
Grubbs, Thomas H. Gerard, John C. Gantt, William W. 
Hamilton, Leonard S. Hamilton, S. Porter Hillhouse, 
Edward M. Hall, John W. Hopkins, C. R. Hix, Robert 
Hackett, David C. Keasler, Newton King, John T. Lewis, 
David H. Lee, Thomas Massey, J. Sidney Marshall, Sam- 
uel Mays, Dannett Mays, George W. Mackey, John W. 
Morris, Newton T. Martin, William McClesky, Henry 
Osgood, Turner Osborne, W. R. Pickerell, C. Milton R. 
Palmer, Chandler Palmer, Roger Pinckney, Crayton L. 
Reid, William Reams, Edward B. Stephens, James L. 
Smith, J. Laurens N. Smith, Charles S. Steele, William 
Steele, H, Frank Suber, William H. Stevenson, George 
P. Sears, J. Richard Simpson, William C. Smith, W. R. 



44 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

Sims, Samuel J. Taylor, L. R. Tribble, J. Edward Wilson, 
David A. Wells, P. Edward Werner, A. Frank White, 
Elias White, James White. Total 90. 




HISTORY OF PENDLETON 45 



Reconstruction in South Carolina, the 

Campaign of 1876 and the 

Wallace House 



BY R. W. SIMPSON. 



Ex-Governor D. H. Chamberlain wrote an article 
on Reconstruction in South Carolina, which was publish- 
ed in the Atlantic Monthly Magazine some time ago. 
This article attracted much attention, coming as it did 
from one who participated in that memorable drama. 
Mr. Chamberlain stated the facts as they appeared to 
him from his standpoint very frankly, but if his account 
of this, one of the most important eras in the history of 
South Carolina is to be accepted as the true and only 
history of that period, then the outrages, oppression and 
wrongs cruelly inflicted upon the white people of the State 
after their surrender by the Radical leaders In Congress 
will never be understood or appreciated by their children. 

No Governor of the Radical party during the dark 
days of Reconstruction in South Carolina, elected to 
office by Negro votes, can describe the heroism and pa- 
tience displayed by the white people during this dark 
period, or the conditions which influenced them to take 
the course they did in 1876, or what it was that sustained 
them in that final conflict for life and the preservation 
of the white race. 

We think the time has come when the people of 
South Carolina should write their own history. Mr. 
Chamberlain's article will be handed down to future gen- 



46 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

erations as an honest, fair account of the facts that trans- 
pired during reconstruction. Mr. Chamberlain belonged 
to that party that so cruelly oppressed the white people 
of the State, and no matter how fair and honest he evi- 
dently intended to be, it was impossible for him to de- 
scribe the feelings of the people whom he opposed. The 
man with his heel upon the neck of another cannot re- 
alize the feelings of the one under the heel. If the white 
man's side of this history is ever written he must write 
it himself. This I propose to do briefly, stating only such 
facts as were personally known to myself, or of such 
common notoriety as were accepted as true by all. 

To properly explain the motives which influenced the 
people of South Carolina (we will hereafter call them 
Democrats) to enter upon the campaign of 1876 and im- 
mediately subsequent thereto, it will be necessary to de- 
scribe the condition in which they were placed at the 
time. It is not wise for the Democrats in South CaroL'na 
to look back and recall the cruel wrongs inflicted upon 
them after the surrender, and during the period of re- 
construction, and reference is made thereto now, only to 
explain and vindicate the course they pursued during this 
m.emorable conflict. 

Shortly before the close of the war Sherman marched 
through South Carolina, then impoverished by four years 
of war, and left behind him a burnt and blackened trail of 
ruin and desolation. In a tract running entirely through 
the State, perhaps fifty miles wide, the lone chimneys of 
once happy homes standing like tomb stones over the 
graves of the dead, were all that was left to mark these 
sacred spots. Columbia, the State capital, was burned to 
the ground, and thousands of old men, widows and or- 
phans made so by the war, were' cast out, homeless and 
without a place to cover their heads, and destitute of 
clothing or the necessities of life. Huddled together in 
shanties, they subsisted for a time on the scraps of food 
thrown away by the soldiers. Imagine if you can the 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 47 

feelings of the ragged and half starved heroes when re- 
turning from Appomattox to what were once happy 
homes to find their dear ones surrounded by such harrow- 
ing conditions. 

Notwithstanding the ruin and desolation which sur- 
rounded them, these brave and heroic men at once peace- 
ably set to work to build new homes for themselves and 
families. Although they had lost all of their property, 
and dire poverty universally prevailed, yet they were not 
embittered thereby- The negroes too suffered like their 
former masters, and the kindest feelings continued to ex- 
ist between the two races. The white people honestly ac- 
cepted the results of the war and the freedom of the ne- 
groes, and had they been left alone there is scarcely a 
doubt but that the relations of the two races would have 
been happily and satisfactorily adjusted. But the Re- 
pi:blican party was then in absolute control of the Feder- 
al Government and actuated by hatred for the South 
and with cruel disregard for the lives and safety of the 
white men, women and children, they inaugurated and put 
in operation the reconstruction measures, a scheme more 
heartless and heathenish than was ever before or smce 
told of in history. The prime purpose of these measures 
was, through the negroes, to perpetuate the Republican 
party, and to place the South in such a position it could 
never again oppose its policy. To accomplish this pur- 
pose it was deliberately attempted to enslave the refined 
and chivalrous people of South Carolina and place them 
in bondage to their recently emancipated slaves. This is 
no fiction — the speeches in Congress on reconstruction op- 
enly avowed this purpose, and the administrative meas- 
ures put in force by the Radical party then in power in 
the State proves the statement beyond controversy. 

The first step taken was to place a garrison of Feder- 
al troops in nearly every town in the State. The white 
men were then disarr>ed and disfranchised, and univer- 
sal suffrage was conferred upon the negroes. Then fear- 



48 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

ful that the whites might still be able to exert some in- 
fluence upon the negroes, and to prevent it, their agents 
organized the negroes into secret societies, and to forever 
destroy the friendly relations then existing between the 
two races, they taught the negroes behind closed doors 
that the whites were their bitterest enemies, and only 
wanted the opportunity to re-enslave them — and thus 
inflamed them until this once happy and friendly race 
was converted into a howling mob ready to do any act 
of outrage which these agents in the accomplishment of 
their purpose might wish done. 

The State government was then organized and the 
oflfices in the State were filled by ignorant negroes, and 
camp followers. Then to uphold their government they 
organized the negroes into militia companies and supplied 
them with both arms and ammunition, refusing at the 
same time to permit the white people to participate in 
the militia organization. Not content with his, carpet- 
bag and negro speakers were sent all over the State to 
still further inflame the negroes to insult and outrage 
the white people. 

Backed by numbers and with arms in their hands 
the negroes soon reached the conclusion that they were 
the masters in fact and in truth hepce they very soon 
worked themselves into such a state of lawlessness and 
committed such deeds of outrage if now repeated could 
hardly be believed by their bitterest opponents. The 
white people were scattered over the country, and as 
there were but few white men in proportion to the ne- 
groes, and these few were very poorly armed or as uaa 
generally the case without any arms at aii, there was 
very little protection for the women and children. Then 
when these negro militiamen with arms in their hands 
congregated in the country districts it was a fearful 
time for the whites. Gangs of these armed negroes 
would parade over the country cursing and abusing the 
whites and practiced by shooting into dwelJing houses 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 49 

where the white families were congregated, and into 
churches where the whites were engaged in religious wor- 
ship. They talked openly of their intention to kill the 
white men and take the white women for their wives. 
Imagine if you can what must have been the awful fear 
and dread of the refined and virtuous women of the State 
during this fearful time, conscious as they were that 
their protectors were but few in number, and many of 
these few were being chased and hunted down by the 
United States troops upon false charges brought against 
them by negroes and designing carpetbaggers. Many 
white men had to leave their unprotected families and 
seek safety by hiding in the swamps, and some who felt 
compelled to labor and support their families when they 
went to their fields to plow, the first thing they did was 
to let down gaps in the fences surrounding their fields 
so they could fly at a moment's warning and then plowed 
with a saddle on their horse's back. 

Some may ask how and why did the veterans of the 
Confederate war submit to so many and outrageous in- 
sults — The answer is simple and easy — They had sur- 
rendered in good faith, and were bound by their parols 
Then the Federal troops were stationed all over the State 
for the express purpose of upholding the infamous gov- 
ernment foisted upon the State. Nor were the white 
women and children as unprotected as they appeared to 
be. Secret organizations were effected among the 
whites, and arms and ammunition were quietly acquired. 
In some parts of the State the whites were driven to or- 
ganize the Ku Klux, — an organization famous in the judi- 
cial history of the United States Courts in the State. 
While these outrages were being enacted in the country 
districts, the negroes and carpetbaggers in the cities and 
towns were giving their attention to politics. Unresist- 
ed they elected each other to be members of the Gener- 
al Assemby, and very soon, supported by Federal troops, 
they took possession of every office m the State. They 



50 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

then began such a saturnalia of stealing and oppression 
as was never before equaled in a civilized State (See the 
report of the Committee on Corruption commonly spok- 
en of as the Cochran Peport.) They issued millions of 
Bonds upon the State's credit, every dollar of which they 
unblushingly stole. And when the credit of the State 
was exhausted they laid heavy taxes on the almost im- 
poverished white people (the negroes paid no taxes), the 
proceeds of which they stole also. 

The white people for some years could do nothing to 
protect either their property or the credit of the State. 
They were simply stunned. About 1874 a mass meeting 
of tax payers was held in Columbia but no relief was se- 
cured thereby. 

The whites then began to take some interest in poli- 
tics, with the hope that thereby their condition could be 
improved. In that year about thirty white men were 
elected to the legislature. Imagine if you can the feel- 
ings of these thirty white men when they assembled in 
the State House and saw before them a prostrated State, 
a State absolutely under the control of the recently eman- 
cipated slaves. These few white Democrats when assem- 
bled in the legislative halls of the once proud State con- 
stituted one little white spot in the dark black mass of 
African ignorance. They had no part in shaping legis- 
lation, and were viewed with suspicion by the negroes, 
but they constituted an object lesson to the thousands of 
Northern tourists who visited Columbia during the ses- 
sions of the legislature to view for themselves the pros- 
trate State. They saw South Carolina, the once proud 
and respected State — the leader always in the strug- 
gle for self government, for liberty and right — one of 
the original thirteen states that contributed all she had 
to secure the independence of America, and because she 
dared maintain her construction of the Constitution, and 
because she was then powerless, having submitted her 
cause to the arbitrament of arms, and surrendered, this 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 51 

proud and still glorious State was subjected to the most 
degraded position to which any people on earth had ever 
been reduced. These Northern tourists saw what their 
politicians had done to subdue a sister state, and through 
them when they returned home the truth began to dawn 
upon the minds of the real North, and eventually pre- 
pared them to understand the awful conditions existing 
in the State, when the revolution of 1876 wrenched the 
covering off, and exposed lying beneath the vile, stinking, 
putrid mass of corruption. 

And is it not true that the extreme degredation 
sought to be imposed upon the people of South Carolina 
was the highest tribute its oppressors could bestow upon 
them — brave and patriotric, the only way to subdue them 
was to exterminate them. During the years of 1874 and 
1875 there was a breach in the Republican or negro party 
What produced this breach or what were the effects of it, 
it is unnecessary to say, further than that Gov. Cham- 
berlain saw the handwriting on the wall and was convinc- 
ed that the negroes were totally unfit to govern. He 
therefore proposed to the white people that they unite 
with the better element of the negro party, and many 
good men in those sections of the State where the ne- 
groes were in the majority looked ^vith favor upon the 
proposition. So completely were those sections under 
the rule and dominion of the negroes they could see no 
hope of relief except it come in that way. In the lat- 
ter part of 1875 great interest began to be taken in the 
all important question, "What was best to be done." 
The leading citizens of the State went to Columbia and 
counseled together. In these conferences some advocat- 
ed an alliance with Chamberlain, and others counseled 
a straightout movement, — upon the ground that the 
white race was in danger, and any alliance with the ne- 
groes would of necessity endanger the civilization of the 
white race to a greater degree by laying down the foun- 
dation for social equality. 



52 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

It was determined at length to let the matter be de- 
cided by a convention of white men called to meet in Co- 
lumbia during the summer of 1876. In this convention 
the question was earnestly debated and it was finally 
agreed that the white man would make no alliance with 
the negroes but would place a full white man's ticket in 
the field. There were no candidates, men were chosen 
for the several State offices because of their unblemish- 
ed characters and fitness for the portions for which they 
were chosen. Gen. Wade Hampton was nominated for 
Governor, Col. W. D. Simpson for Lieutenant Governor, 
Gen. James Conner for Attorney General, Gen, Johnson 
Hagood for Comptroller General, R. M. Sims for Secre- 
tary of State, Hugh S. Thompson for Commissioner of 
Education and E. W. Moise for Adjutant and Inspector 
General. 

The people were in earnest and when a definite pol- 
icy was agreed upon, every one united heart and soul in 
the one great purpose, — the salvation of the white race. 
In this convention was born the policy which to this day 
governs the entire South — that is that the white people 
of the Southern States will never permit the white 
race to be pulled down from its high state of civiliza- 
tion by social intercourse or amalgamation with the ne- 
gro. God made our race to differ from another race, 
as he made one star to differ from another in glory. 
They must obey the laws of God, if we wish to preserve 
the integrity of the white race. 

But no people ever entered upon a political con- 
test where there was more at stake, or had to face great- 
er difficulties and dangers. The Government of the 
State, with all of the election machinery was in the pos- 
session of the negroes and their carpet bag leaders, 
which was held up and supported by the United States 
Courts, Judges, Marshals, and troops, together with a 
large number of State Constables. 

The National Democratic Party regarding the State 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 53 

safely Republican, and believing that the white men of 
the State, goaded to frenzy by the wrongs heaped upon 
them, would commit some rash acts which would en- 
danger the success of the party, refused to render the 
State any assistance, and advised that they should tame- 
ly submit and not attempt to secure relief. 

Under all these difficulties many regarded it as a 
strange proceeding to refuse to associate with Cham- 
berlain and his so called reform faction of the negro 
party, and to risk their all upon what appeared a hope- 
less undertaking, and there are some even at this time 
who fail to appreciate the purposes of the white people 
in determining upon the course they did. 

It should be remembered first that the white people 
fully realized their condition — they had reached a point 
when they could stand no more if there was any legal 
means to avoid it — they had no friends, and only them- 
selves to rely upon. The Republican party was seeking 
to perpetuate itself in the State through the negro vote 
which largely outnumbered the whites. To accomplish 
this end the entire State government had been subverted. 

Chamberlain on the other hand was equally Re- 
publican, associating with them, and elected by them 
to office, he was then as anxious and willing to perpe- 
tuate the Republican party as any of his party, but he 
had learned by experience that a government founded 
upon such material was a miserable failure, therefore 
to accomplish the same end he proposed to the whites 
to join with the better element of his party and in 
this way secure reform, his object of course was the 
perpetuation of the Republican party. 

But the white people did not see how any good thing 
could come out of Nazareth. Suppose they did unite 
with Chamberlain could he control his followers? What 
was to prevent them at any time to leave the whites 
and go back to the other faction of their party and thus 
united, again control? They realized that this negro 



54 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

government could not exist much longer, but they saw 
supreme danger in Mr. Chamberlain's effort to strength- 
en the failing negro government with the native 
whites. Could he but accomplish his purpose and in- 
duce the whites to join in his Republican reform move- 
ment, the whites being in the minority would become 
suppliants to the Negro, a species of slavery which they 
could not voluntarily bring upon themselves. They could 
not see how two races of unequal social standing, such 
as existed between the whites and blacks, the blacks 
largely predominating, could be so united into a political 
party to control the State, so as to exclude a part of the 
lower and predominant race unless the whites recognized 
rhe social rights of those they were allied with. Socia] 
equality was all the whites had to offer in exchange for 
a share in the government. Simply this the whites were 
not willing to do — they were not prepared to go into 
partnership with the Negro when they owned only a mi- 
nority of the stock. The campaign of 1876 was not a 
fight for liberty, but rather a desperate struggle for self 
preservation. 

For a while after the convention there was a calm 
all over the State, then the towns, villages and neigh- 
borhoods began to organize clubs. There was no gen- 
eral plan of organization, nor was there apparently any 
concert of action between them, but each club organis- 
ed according to its own ideas. In the meanwhile General 
Hampton after planning out his campaign announced 
that the first meetings would be held at Anderson C. 

H. on the day of — , 1876. This day as 

well as we now remember came on Tuesday. On Sat- 
urday previous it was intended to organize a club at 
Pendleton preparatory for the meeting next week. Dur- 
ing the morning of that day several gentlemen in Pen- 
dleton were discussing the best method of organizing 
the proposed club — one of them suggested that to make 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 55 

these clubs effective they should be uniformed, and 
that the uniform should be both cheap and conspicuous 
and suggested a red flannel shirt. The suggestion was 
immediately taken up, and they proceeded to interview 
the merchants to see if a supply of the material was 
on hand. One of the gentlemen bought the stuff and 
had a shirt made and when the club was organized that 
evening exhibited the shirt and proposed it as the uni- 
form of the club. This was adopted and the mem- 
bers proceeded to secure their shirts for the big Hamp- 
ton meeting next week. There were several gentleipen 
present that evening from the neighboring town of 
Central in Pickens county, who caught the uniform idea 
and secured uniforms for their company also. Anoth- 
er nearby club also wished to do the same, but the sup- 
ply of material was exhausted. This club determined to 
appear in uniforms of white shirts. By agreement 
these three clubs numT^ering together about three hun- 
dred, were to march to Anderson in a body and were to 
be accompanied by the Pendleton brass band. 

On the day of the great meeting these three clubs 
were late in getting to Anderson. Gen. Hampton with 
the other candidates for State offices, distinguished gen- 
tlemen from many other counties, and a great number 
of clubs from every part of the county were gathered 
at the fair grounds ready to start the procession which 
was to precede the speaking. Just about this time the 
Pendleton contingent came in sight, the band in front, 
the band wagon was painted red, the musicians were 
dressed in red, the instruments were wrapped with red, 
red flags were floating from the heads of the four 
horses, and from the wagon itself, and the harness was 
also wrapped in red- Behind the band came the three 
clubs all dressed in uniform and on horse back. The 
thrill of enthusiasm which surged through the other 
clubs assembled in the fair grounds as these uniformed 



56 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

clubs rode into their midst cannot be described, the very 
earth shook with the wildest yells — the effect upon them 
was as shaking a red cloth in the face of a bull to ex- 
cite him to battle. The red shirt, the insignia of the 
campaign of 1876 was universally adopted without a 
vote, and telegrams went flashing all over the State for 
the clubs to uniform. This, the first campaign was a 
grand success, and created a wave of enthusiasm which 
swept over the State toward the sea, gathering force 
and strength as it went. The negroes did not believe 
there were as many white men on earth, and no won- 
der they were intimidated by this concentrated array 
of power and force. Uniformed and on horse back and 
in concentrated bodies they had the effect of magnify- 
ing their numbers in the negroes' eyes. This simple 
exhibition constituted the greater part of intimidation 
with which the whites were charged in that campaign. 

We have been particular to describe this first Hamp- 
ton meeting for to describe one is to describe them all. 
It is impossible to describe the rides of the red shirts 
by day and by night. These red shirt companies were 
careful, however, during the campaign not to violate 
the law- No ill treatment of the negro was permitted, 
instead by every means possible they tried to show the 
negroes that the white people were their only friends. 
Many negroes openly donned the red shirt and voted 
with their white friends. Towards the scalawag and 
the carpet bagger they showed no mercy — these were 
the men who received the lion's share in the stealings 
secured by the negroes' votes — they held the negro in 
their grip, and could safely expect to continue to grow 
rich as long as they continued to control them. These 
people were made to quail at many of their public 
meetings by the demands of the red shirts. These peo- 
ple were seeking to make or secure money and it was 
but human nature for them to want to save what thev 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 57 

had already stolen, rather than lose their lives as they 
feared they would do. It was on election day, how- 
ever, the excitement was greatest. Both sides were 
early at the polls, ready if need be, at least so far as the 
whites were concerned, for a resort to force. 
But force was not necessary, finesse answered better. 
Considering all things the election was remarkably fair. 
There was some election trickery as usual practiced in 
some quarters, but the presence of white men at the 
polls in numbers sufficient to back up their demand for 
a fair vote and a fair count, and their watchfulness 
until the votes were counted is what carried the day- 
Hampton and his ticket were elected by several thou- 
sand majority. There were perhaps several thousands 
of native Northern men then residing in the State, 
bona fide citizens, all of whom unhesitatingly cast their 
votes for the State democrats, they were as much dis- 
gusted with negro rule as were the native whites. 

For the House of Representatives the following 
results were published by the returning board, a board 
composed entirely of radicals. 

From Abbeville— R. R. Hemphill, T. L. Moore, W. 
K. Bradley, Wm. Hood and F. A. Connor. 

Aiken — C. E. Sawyer, J. J. Woodward, John G. 
Guignard, L. M- Asbill. 

Anderson — W. C. Brown, R. W. Simpson, James L. 
Orr, H. R. Vandiver. 

Barnwell — Isaac S. Bamberg, J. W. Holmes, L. W. 
Youmans, M. A. Rountree, Robert Aldrich. 

Colleton— H. E. Bissell, Wm- Maree, J. M. Cum- 
mings, L. E. Parler, R. Jones. 

Chesterfield— J. C. Coit, D. T. Redfearn. 

Greenville— J. W. Gray, J. F. Donnald, J. T. Aus- 
tin, J. L. Westmoreland- 
Horry — L. D. Bryan, J. R. Cooper. 

Lancaster — J. B. Erwin, J. C. Blakeney. 



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Lexington — G. Muller, G. Leaphart. 

Marion — J. G. Blue, James McRae, R. H. Rogers, 
J. P. Davis. 

Marlboro — P. M. Hamer, T. N. Edens. 

Oconee — B. Frank Sloan, J. S. Verner. 

Orangeburg — W. H. Reedish. 

Pickens— D. F. Bradley, E. H. Bates. 

Spartanburg— W. P. Compton, J- W. Wofford, E. S. 
Allen, C. Petty. 

Sumter — J. H. Westberry. 

Union— W. H. Wallace, G. D. Peake, William Jef- 
feries. 

York— A. E. Hutchison, W. B. Byers, B. H. Mas- 
sey, J. A- Deal. 

The Returning Board threw out many of the white 
votes in the counties of Edgefield and Laurens and de- 
clared the Radical candidates elected therein. But the 
Democrats carried the case to the Supreme Court, which 
Court after hearing the matter ordered the Returning 
Board to issue certificates to the Democratic candidates 
from those two counties — and upon their refusal to do 
so, had them put in jail for contempt. But the United 
States Court quickly had them released. The Su- 
preme Court then ordered its clerk to issue to the Demo- 
crats certificates of election which he did as follows: 

Edgefield— W. S. Allen, J. C. Sheppard, James Cal- 
lison, T. E. Jennings, H. A. Shaw. 

Laurens— J. B. Humbert, J. W. Watts, D. W. An- 
derson. 

These representatives elect on November 28th, 
1876, assembled in Carolina Hall elected W. H. Wallace 
of Union, Speaker, and the following communication 
was sent to the Senate: 
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Senate: 

The House of Representatives respectfully informs 
your body that, pursuant to the provisions of the Con- 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 59 

stitution of the State of South Carolina, the members 
elect of the House of Representatives assembled in Caro- 
lina Hall this day at 8 o'clock P. M. when the following 
named gentlemen, sixty-six in number (given above) 
being a quorum of the whole representation of the 
House of Representatives, appeared, produced their 
credentials and were sworn in by the Hon. Judge Thomp- 
son H. Cook, and have organized by the election of Mr. 
W. H. Wallace, a member from Union, Speaker, and 
John T. Sloan, Sr., Clerk, and are ready to proceed to 
business. 

Very respectfully, 

W. H. Wallace, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

To this communication to the Senate there was no 
reply. This body was composed of a large majority of 
Radicals and only eleven Democrats. One-half of the 
Senators held over, consequently the Democrats failed 
to carry the Senate at the election. 

In the mean while, and on the same day, the Rad- 
icals assembled in the hall of Representatives in the 
State House- Refusing to recognize the mandate of 
the Court (which was Radical) they, by counting out 
the Democratic members from Edgefield and Laurens, 
eight in number, and recognizing the Radical members 
instead organized the House by electing E. W. M. 
Mackey, Speaker. This body was protected by a large 
number of negro constables appointed by D. H. Cham- 
berlain, Governor, so-called, who were in turn support- 
ed by United States soldiers under the orders of Gen. 
Ruger. 

On the 29th day of November, 1876, the Democrat- 
ic House (hereafter will be called the Wallace House) 
formed and marched from Carolina Hall to the State 
House. On arriving at the outer door they found it 



60 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

closed and guarded by a lieutenant and a squad of 
United States troops. The Edgefield and Laurens 
members were purposely placed in front, for fear if 
they came last that they would be refused admission, 
while the other members already in might be caught in 
a trap and forced to unite with the Radicals in organiz- 
ing the House. The lieutenant in command of the door 
refused to permit it to enter, whereupon Mr. Sheppard 
standing upon the steps of the State Houso began to 
read a prepared protest to the large concourse of peo- 
ple and to the world against this unwarranted assump- 
tion of authority by the United States soldiers. The 
Radical leaders, evidently fearful of a riot, ran up and 
said we could enter. The soldiers disarming the mem- 
bers, opened the door, and the Democratic members 
then proceeded to go forward, but were again stopped at 
the door to the Hall of Representatives, and admission 
into the Hall refused. The Democrats then quietly left 
the State House and returned to Carolina Hall. 

December 4th. — It was determined on this day to 
enter the Hall of Representatives by force if necessary. 
A committee of members was appointed to go before 
and open the way for the others, who were to follow in 
small sections so as not to attract a crowd. When 
about to start Col. Alex, afterwards Judge Alex Has- 
kell, asked that he and three others be appointed Assis- 
tant Sergeants at Arms and be allowed to accompany 
the committee. The committee started at once, abou: 
11 o'clock A. M. At the corner> of the State House 
grounds next to the Episcopal Church they halted in or- 
der to agree upon the course to pursue — and it was there 
ascertained that there were present Judge Haskell and 
five members, and J. S. Verner who asked to be permit- 
ted to go with us, making seven in all. Let me here 
describe the conditions in the State House when we en- 
tered. In the long hall on the first floor, there was 



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drawn up a regiment of United States troops with fixed 
bayonets and all of the outside lower doors were guard- 
ed by troops. Upstairs in the large lobby was a large 
crowd of negro roughs brought there as supports. The 
committee rooms were filled with State constables, ap- 
pointed by Chamberlain. A notorious character 
brought from New Orleans for the purpose was door- 
keeper, — he had some fifteen assistants. The Mackey 
House was assembled and only waiting for the Speak- 
er, and this House had as we were told at least a hun- 
dred Assistant Sergeants at Arms. For some reason 
not explained Gen. Ruger had promised Gov. Hampton 
to allow the Wallace House to enter the door over which 
he had control, hence there was no fear of a conflict 
with the troops, unless there was a fight. 

The committee of seven knocked at the front door 
(outside) which was opened by an oflficer. We imme- 
diately entered and made a dash up the steps to the door 
of the Hall of Representatives- But the doorkeepers, 
who were lolling in the lobby, saw us, and broke for 
the door and drew up in line with their backs to the 
door, just as we ran up. We showed the doorkeeper 
our certificates of election as members of the House, 
and demanded that he open the door. This he refused 
to do and barred our way. Judge Haskell then said 
"Come men let's get at it," and at the same time seized 
the doorkeeper. The mjembers of the committee also 
took hold of the man in front of him and there began a 
struggle which I cannot describe, for I was too busy to 
see anything but the thing I had immediately in hand. 
During this struggle the door, which was a large one 
divided in the middle, was pulled a little open and Ver- 
ner slipped through. Bradley, D. F. either followed or 
preceded, I cannot say which, but when jerked open again 
I slipped in. All this took place quicker than it takes 
to tell it. We took one sweeping look at the scared and 



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amazed Mackey members, who were all standing up 
looking at us with distended eyes and wide opened 
mouths, and then turned to pushing against the door 
(it opened outward.) Pushing from within and with- 
out the half of the door was raised off its hinges and fell 
to the floor and the way was clear. Jusc as the door 
fell Judge Wallace, followed by the other member^ 
came up, and marched immediately to the Speaker's 
stand, and seated himself in the Speaker's chair. The 
members, all but those who stood around Speaker Wal- 
lace, took seats on the Speaker's right, the negroes giv- 
ing way and taking the seats on his left. Scarcely had 
Speaker Wallace taken his seat and called the House to 
order, when so-called Speaker Mackey came in and 
ordered Wallace to vacate his seat. Wallace ordered 
Mackey to leave the stand and take his place on the 
floor. Several more commands and counter commands 
were issued by these two, both of whom were support- 
ed by their armed supports. Finally Mackey took an- 
other chair and seated himself on the stand also. Two 
Speakers, two Clerks on the stand at the same time — 
and two opposing bodies occupying the Hall at the 
same time. Then arose a scene perhaps never before 
witnessed in any legislative body- It cannot be de- 
scribed. The central figure, Speaker Wallace, with his 
fine commanding presence sat upon the stand calm and 
undismayed while all around him raged, from 11 o'clock 
A. M. until 12 o'clock that night, the wildest confusion 
and danger. The Democrats had no dinner and no 
supper, and although is was intensely cold, no fire on 
their side of the house — until after mid-night fires were 
lighted in the stoves. From mid-night to sun up the next 
morning there was comparative calm. The Radicals 
could go out and take some rest, but not so with the 
whites they were in and there they had Lo stay — day 
and night. It was the intention that the gentlemen ap- 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 63 

pointed Assistant Sergeants at Arms to accompany the 
committee, should be charged with holding the door 
after it was opened, but for some reason, possibly they 
were never notified of their appointment, the door was 
left in possession of the Radicals, as soon as the Demo- 
crats entered. Hence there was but little going out and 
coming in. On the morning of the second day it was 
evident that the Radicals had begun to recover from 
their surprise of the day previous. Their friends gath- 
ered in the Hall and the negroes especially became very 
noisy and insulting in their manner, and frequently dur- 
ing the day both sides jumped upon their feet and drew 
their pistols. This was kept up until !night. When 
night came on the negro members retired and placed 
other negroes in their places, who sang and caroused 
nearly the whole night. On the third day Hamilton 
and Myers, two intelligent and respectable negro mem- 
bers from Beaufort, requested to be sworn in as mem- 
bers of the Wallace House. The Republicans swore if 
they did so they would shoot them on the floor of the 
House, therefore the excitement was intense when they 
stepped to the Speaker's stand and asked to be sworn in. 
All during that day the wildest shouting, yelling and 
rowdyism prevailed which was kept up until near mid- 
night. This night the Democrats secured blankets and 
lay upon the floor and got some sleep. At sun up next 
morning the uproar began again, and this day more than 
ever it seemed impossible to avoid a collision. So near 
did it come that Mackey ran over to the side of the 
Speaker's stand next to the Democratic side and held 
down his head to receive the shots he felt sure of re- 
ceiving. The Republican leaders injected rowdies in- 
to the places of the negro members', who tried in every 
way possible to bring on a conflict, and repeatedly both 
sides stood ready for it This exciting state of affairs 
with the close contact of the opposing parties, could not 



64 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

continue much longer, every one felt some decisive re- 
sult was sure soon to take place. In the afternoon of 
this day it became known that the Radicals intended to 
massacre the whites that night. They telegraphed for- 
the Hunkedory Club of Charleston (which started but 
the engine broke down in the swamps.) Large num- 
bers of State constables were appointed, armed and 
placed in the nearby rooms. And it was said that even 
the penitentiary convicts were brought over and placed 
in the committee rooms and were promised their free- 
doom if they would do the deed. Besides these a large 
number of negro roughs were congregated into the 
State House ready for the devilish deed. Some on* 
made known to Gov. Hampton the hellish purpose the 
Radicals intended to perpetrate that night. He imme- 
diately notified Gen. Ruger, and at the same time said 
to him if such a purpose as that was attempted he 
would not insure the safety of his command, nor would 
he guarantee the life of a negro in the State. Runners 
were sent out to the nearby clubs of red shirts. By 
dark these clubs began to arrive on horse back. The 
City Hook and Ladder Company was ready to scale the 
windows to reach the Democrats. The Company of 
Artillery with guns loaded were kept ready to blow 
open the outer doors. Some twenty young men got in 
some how and guarded the entrance to the gallery, two 
with sledge hammers to burst the door open at the first 
intimation of a fight, and some thirty young men got 
into the Hall. Under these conditions the night was 
passed, the Democrats at least ready for the fray when 
it came. We can only conjecture what prevented the 
Radicals from carrying out their purpose. The next 
morning we received official notice that President Grant 
had ordered the Democrats to be ejected from the State 
House. We had then been locked up, as it were, for 
four days and nights with the Radical horde. About 11 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 65 

o'clock A. M. Speaker Wallace addressed his House. 
He said he had been officially informed that at 12 o'clock 
M. that day the United States troops in obedience to 
orders received from President Grant would eject the 
Democratic members from the State House — that in 
obedience to the power and authority of the Federal 
Government, and uninfluenced by any power Chamber- 
lain could bring against us, the Democrats or rather 
the white people would vacate their State House. He 
then delivered an earnest, manly protest against this 
unwarranted assumption of authority by the General 
Government, and then adjourned the House to meet 
immediately in Carolina Hall. There was no thought 
of surrender, we all knew the fight would go on, but 
right then as the members threw their blankets over 
their shoulders and marched out, things appeared very 
gloomy indeed. In the mean while word had been sent 
out for the red shirts to assemble immediately in Co- 
lumbia, and they poured in all that night and the next 
day. So when the Wallace House left the State House 
such a scene as greeted our eyes is seldom seen. Stand- 
ing at the State House door and looking up Main Street 
one could see nothing but one mass of white men. They 
were apparently unarmed and quiet. But when their 
legislature left the State House, a great wave of excite- 
ment swept over that portion next to and nearest the 
members, — seeing which Gov. Hampton jumped upon a 
rock and in a few words restored quiet. Quietly the 
Wallace House marched up the street, two and two — the 
crowd looking on in silence. At the Carolina Hall the 
House had to adjourn at once, because of the excessive 
coughing of the members. The crowd of white men 
assembled has been variously estimated, some placed the 
number present as high as thirty thousand. During 
the time they remained in Columbia there was no noise 
or rowdyism. But not a negro was seen on the streets. 



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66 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

Had these men seen the negro members and office holders 
strutting up and down the streets as they did when they 
were in possession, it is hard to say what would have 
been the result, but fortunately the negroes hid out. Af- 
ter a day or two they dispersed to their homes, having 
seen Gov. Hampton inaugurated and heard him assert 
that he and he alone was Governor of South Carolina- 
Governor Hampton and Lieutenant Governor Simpson 
were inaugurated outside of and in front of Carolina 
HalL Gov. Hampton's address was received by the 
people with great gladness for it revived hopes and con- 
firmed the white people to do or die in this effort to 
redeem themselves from the blight of negro domina- 
tion. 

The Democrats remained in session until near 
Christmas. During this time some seven or eight ne- 
gro members who held certificates of election from the 
Secretary of State were induced to join tlie Wallace 
House. As soon as these were all gathered in (this 
gave the Wallace House a majority of members declar- 
ed elected by the returning Board) the Committee on 
Privileges and Elections reported and recommended the 
seating of the Democratic n\embers from Laurens and 
Edgefield counties. Then whether the Radical allies re- 
mained with us or not (and they did not remain) the 
Wallace House had a constitutional majority of mem- 
bers. The House as then organized elected Gen. M. 
C. Butler United States Senator- — passed a resolution 
asking the tax payers not to pay any taxes to the Cham- 
berlain authorities, and instead to pay 25 per cent of 
their taxes to agents appointed by Gov. Hampton and 
adjourned subject to the call of Gov. Hampton. 

This brief historical sketch would be incomplete 
without incorporating herein a copy of Gov. Hampton's 
inaugural address, delivered on the street December 
14th, 1876 — but space forbids, and any one interested may 



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find this address in the Journals of the House of Rep- 
resentatives, Regular Session of 1876 — and Special Ses- 
sion 1877. 

In pursuance of a proclamation of Gov. Hampton 
the General Assembly convened in Special April 24th, 
1877. President Hayes had recognized the Hampton 
Government in South Carolina. The House was com- 
posed of the same members as organized in Carolina 
Hall, December, 1876 — to these were added such Radi- 
cal members as came before the bar of the House and 
purged themselves of their contempt. In the Senate 
the Radicals still had a majority- All the State offices 
were turned over to the Democrats elected thereto. No 
legislative body ever had graver responsibilities placed 
upon them. Gov. Hampton in his first message to the 
legislature, April 26th, 1877, said: "A great work — 
the greatest to which a patriotic people can be called 
— is before us, and a heavy responsibility rests upon 
us. We have to create anew a State which can of right 
demand and take the proud and honorable position in 
the Sisterhood of the great Republic. We have to re- 
store her credit — to bring back her good name — to de- 
velop her boundless resources — to heal her wounds — to 
secure equal and exact justice to all of her children — 
to establish and maintain the supremacy of law — to 
diffuse the blessings of education, and to strive to bind 
all classes of both races in the bonds of peace." * * * 

These were some of the duties which devolved upon 
the Wallace House. Were they equal to the trust? Read 
carefully the statutes of this Special Session of 1877, and 
the regular Session of 1877 and 1878. They did build 
anew a State. How and in what way this was done may 
be told hereafter in a separate chapter. 

The State of South Carolina has always maintained 
among the other states of the Union a conspicuous and 
honorable position, both in war and in the halls of legis- 



68 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

lation. But if her history is ever hereafter written it 
will be found that in that period embraced within the 
years of 1865 and 1878 she wrought out the grandest 
achievements in all of her glorious history. With all of 
her property swept away, attempted by force to be 
placed under the rule of their former slaves — disarmed 
— disfranchised, opposed by overwhelming negro majori- 
ties then in possession of every department of the State 
government, including of course the election machinery, 
opposed also by the United States government, its troops 
and its courts, and also by a State government as tyran- 
nical and infamous as ever existed, harried down like 
wild beasts, and driven to seek safety in flight, forsaken 
by her friends and without help, she yet through it all 
patiently endured until at last unable to endure more 
she rose in her might, and by the strength of her own 
right arm wrenched the State from the hands of the 
robber — built anew a prostrate State — restored its cred- 
it, and secured again the blessings of liberty and safety. 
For these achievements South Carolina is entitled to 
take a higher position than she ever before occupied 
among the great and noble of this earth. 

In trying to write up and preserve the genealogies 
of the families of the early settlers of Pendleton, it has 
been impossible to obtain the necessary information un- 
less some of their descendants were living and were will- 
ing to help get up the data. Some to whom when ap- 
plication for information was made, failed to furnish it, 
which no one regretted more than the writer. It will 
be our purpose to consider every family, and if any one 
should be overlooked or not mentioned it will be owing 
to the fact that they had passed entirely out of the 
knowledge of the writer, and of those who aided and as- 
sisted him in this work. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 69 

JOSEPH D. SCOTT. 



Was a soldier in the Revolution of 1776. He was 
engaged in the battle of King's Mountain, and was a 
witness to the hand to hand conflict between Col. Wash- 
ington and Col. Tarlton. Washington in this fight cut 
off some of the fingers of Col. Tarlton, which caused him 
to drop his sword. Mr. Scott picked it up and hand- 
ed it to Col. Washington, who told him to keep it. This 
sword is now in the hands of his nephew, Mr. T. E. 
Dickson. He had a son, Joseph D. Scott, who came to 
Pendleton from Abbeville County and married Narcissa 
Grifl[in, a daughter of Capt. James Griffin. 

Joseph D. Scott and Narcissa (Griffin) Scott had 
three children : 

A. E. Scott, James G. Scott and Julia K. Scott. 

A. E. Scott married a Miss Reams- The other two 
never married. 



DICKSON FAMILY. 



The Dicksons came from Ireland in the early his- 
tory of this country and settled in Virginia. Thomas 
Dickson with his brother, Michael Calvin Dickson, who 
was a distinguished divine of the Presbyterian faith 
came from Virginia and settled in Abbeville until 1841, 
when Thomas Dickson came to Anderson County and 
bought up a large estate on the waters of Three and 
Twenty, three miles east of Pendleton. He owned a 
large number of valuable slaves and during the war 
contributed largely of his means to support the govern- 
ment. He was one of the charter members of the Pen- 
dleton Farmer's Society. He married Nancy Young 
Scott, daughter of William Scott, who was a brave sol- 
dier in the war of the Revolution. They were blessed 
with five children, viz: Mary Montgomery Dickson 



70 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

married Samuel McElroy. Henry Franks married Ruth 
Cannon of Anniston, Ala. No issue. Michael Calvin 
married Addie A. Gilkerson of Laurens. Thomas Eu- 
gene married Ella Jones, Anderson, S. C, Florence Scott 
married George Russell of Anderson, S. C. Mary 
Montgomery Dickson and her husband Samuel McElroy 
had the following children : William H. McElroy mov- 
ed west- James D. McElroy married Carolina Wat- 
kins, no issue. Antoinette McElroy married John L. 
Gilkerson of Laurens, S. C, no issue. Martha E. Mc- 
Elroy married William Milan of Laurens, S. C. Sam- 
uel M. McElroy moved west — resides in Oregon. Thom- 
as Eugene Dickson and his wife Ella (Jones) Dick- 
son had the following children : Henry Frank died at 
the age of 36 years. Christine married Albert Adams 
of Thomaston, Ga. Inez Dickson, Columbia, b. C. 
Thomas Eugene, Jr., Columbia, S. C. 

Micheal Calvin Dickson and his wife Addie (Gilker- 
son) Dickson had the following children: 

Mary Dickson married W. Rufus Burriss of Ander- 
son, S. C- 

Thomas Paul Dickson, Anderson, S. C. 

Michael Calvin Dickson, Jr., Anderson, S. C. 

Nancy Eugenia Dickson died at the age of 10 years. 

John Calhoun Dickson, Anderson, S. C. 



MICHAEL CALVIN DICKSON. 



One who knew him after he had passed through the 
Civil War says — too much cannot be said of him — words 
cannot do him justice, only those who saw him in the 
fierce conflict — only those who saw the gallant charges 
that he made leading his fellow soldiers in the battle, 
and ever standing the fury of the conflict, with invinci- 
ble courage that drew forth the admiration of all who 
beheld him. Yes, only those could measure his strength 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 71 

and rise up to take in his unselfish and lofty patriotism 
in defense of his country. Unflinchingly with a grand 
heroic spirit did he bear the hardships of war, and 
ever ready with a cordial greeting to cheer his com- 
rades and brighten the monotony of camp-life with 
his natural witticism that always drew a circle around 
him. And when the end came, when the last roll was 
called and the brave soldier boys turned their faces 
homeward feeling "What is it all when all is done." 
His unconquered spirit — submitted to the inevitable 
with the conscious feeling that he had done his duty, 
his whole duty under the Confederate flag. Years af- 
terward when he lay in the sleep of death friends gath- 
ered around him, and one who knew him best, with 
eyes fixed on his handsome, striking face — exclaimed, 
he looks like a warrior taking his rest and all know- 
ing his record, there was an echo in the hearts of all who 
stood around his brier. 



JACOB BELLOTTE. 



Jacob Belotte married Sarah Dickson. (See Dick- 
son family.) They had the following children: 

I. John E. Bellotte married Susanna DuPree. 

II. Sarah Bellotte married Archie McElroy. 

III. Thomas Bellotte — killed in Confederate War. 

IV. Wm. Bellotte— killed in Confederate War. 

V. Michael Bellotte — killed in Confederate War. 

I. John E. Bellotte and wife Susanna (DuPree) Bel- 
lotte had the following children : 

1. Sam Bellotte married Mary Milam. 

2. Thomas Bellotte. 

3. Wm. Bellotte married Mary Knight. 

4. David Bellotte married Sarah Tillinghast. 

5. Eliza Bellotte. 



72 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

6. Mary Bellotte married John E. Breazeale. 

7. Dickson Bellotte married Kate Rowland. 

6. Mary Bellotte and her husband J. E. Breazeale 
had the following children : 

A. Oliver Breazeale. 

B. Adda Breazeale- 

C. Mary Breazeale. 

7. Dickson Bellotte and wife Kate (Rowland) Bel- 
lotte had the following children: 

A. Ada Bellotte. 

B. John Bellotte. 



I MAJOR DICKSON. 



Major Dickson resided on Three and Twenty Creek 
near Capt. James C. Griffin. He was highly esteem- 
ed and represented Pendleton District in the legisla- 
ture. He was no relation to his neighbor, Thos. Dick- 
son. His daughters never married. His son, Alex 
Dickson who resided in the Fork of Anderson County, 
was the father of young Alex and J. Walter Dickson, a 
distinguished minister of the Methodist Church. He 
left a large family, who I understand are doing well- 
Maj. Dickson had a sister who married a Mr. Gaston 
who resided near him on land afterwards owned by 
Col. T. J. Pickens. This Mrs. Gaston was an elegant 
and accomplished woman, and a very determined one 
also. A man whipped one of her sons. Shortly after-« 
wards, while riding on horse-back she met a man, she 
thought was the one who had whipped her son. She 
stopped him in the road and belabored him with her rid- 
ing whip, very much to his surprise. She then rode on 
to the home of her neighbor, Capt. Griffin, and confess- 
ed what she had done, and was informed that she had 
whipped the wrong man. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 'J2> 

JOSIAH E. SMITH. 



Josiah E. Smith was a son of Smith at one 

time President of the South Carolina College. He mar- 
ried Eliza, daughter of Gov. Seabrook- He came to Pen- 
dleton about the year 1850 and purchased the tract of 
land upon which was located |the iPendleton ^ManuaJl 
Labor School — afterwards owned by Miss Caroline Tal- 
iaferro. His mother and sister, Miss Sallie Smith, and 
Miss Mary Seabrook, his wife's sister, resided with him. 
They were elegant, refined and accomplished ladies and 
gentlemen. Josiah E. Smith and wife Eliza (Seabrook) 
Smith had several children, but the only two I can now 
recall are Margaret and Seabrook Smith. Margaret 
was an exceedingly handsome young woman — tall, slen- 
der, black hair and sparkling black eyes. I saw her dur- 
ing the war when her family returned as refugees. She 
was then engaged to Paul Hamilton, a handsome, brave 
and gallant young officer. He and Seabrook Smith, 
Margaret's brother, were both killed during the Confed- 
erate War. 



JOHN L. NORTH. 



John Lawrence North was born in Philadelphia, 
1782. His mother with other ladies had been sent from 
the city of Charleston to that city by the British for 
some cause now unknown. He married Eliza Elliot 
Drayton, daughter of General and Elizabeth Drayton. In 
1807 he moved to Pendleton and settled at Rusticello 
farm, purchased from Joseph Whitner and now owned 
by the Rev. W- W. Mills. They had no children. They 
were buried in the Episcopal Churchyard at Pendleton. 

John Lawrence North had a sister, Mary Eliza 
North who married Benjamin Savage Smith. They 
left surviving them one daughter, Sarah North Smith, 



74 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

who was raised by her uncle, John L. North. She mar- 
ried her cousin, Wm, Cutino Smith. 



BENJAMIN SAVAGE SMITH. 



Son of Benjamin and Sarah Smith was great-grand- 
son of Thomas Smith, the first Landgrove. He married 
Mary Eliza North, sister of John Lawrence North. 
They had one child, Sarah North Smith who married her 
cousin, Wm. Cutino Smith and resided at Rivoli, ad- 
joining Rusticello farm. 

Wm. Cuttino Smith and wife, Sarah (North) Smith 
had eleven children, seven of whom reached maturity : 

I. Mary E. N. Smith, died unmarried. 

II. Alice Drayton Smith married Dr. J. A. Tal-. 
mage. 

III. John L. N. Smith — killed at Seven Pines, Va. 
— unmarried. 

IV. Wm. Cutino Smith married Martha Maxcy of 
Columbia. ■ 

V. Sarah E. Smith married Rev. W. W. Mills. 

VI. Benjamin Savage Smith — killed at Malvern 
Hill, Va. — unmarried. 

VIL Emily Hayne Smith — unmarried. 

IV. Wm. Cutino Smith and wife Martha (Maxcy) 
Smith had five children : 

1. Hart Maxcy Smith — Presbyterian missionary to 
China. 

2. Emily North Smith. 

3. Wm. Cutino Smith, Jr. 

4. Ashley M. Smith. 

5. Daniel B. Smith. 

V. Sarah Edith Smith and her husband, Rev. W. 
W- Mills had five children : 

1. Wm. Hayne Mills — Presbyterian minister mar- 
ried Louise Pressley. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON , 75 

2. Lawrence T. Mills married Margaret Johnstone, 
daughter of Alan Johnstone. 

3. James E. Mills. 

4. Mary North Mills. 

5. Wilson Plumer Mills. ' 

1. Rev. Wm. Hayne Mills and wife, Louise (Press- 
ley) Mills have two children: 

A. Edith L. Mills. 

B. Wm. Hayne Mills, Jr. 

Wm. Cutino Smith, Sr., who married Sarah North 
Smith married for his first wife, Sarah Elizabeth King 
and they had one child, Sarah Elizabeth Smith. She 
married Stephen Mazyck Wilson. About 1850 Mr. 
Wilson and family moved to Pendleton ,and purchased the 
plantation near Passmores Bridge on Three and Twenty 
Creek, now owned by M. B. and A. N. Richardson. Sub- 
sequently they all moved to Georgia and later to Ala- 
bama. They had nine children: 

1. Sarah Annie Wilson. 

n. Elizabeth Wilson married Lockwood. 

HL Mary Hume Wilson married Audubon Lee. 

IV. Stephen Wilson. 

V. Wm. Cuttino Wilson. 

VI. Eliza North Wilson married John F. O. Bryan. 

VII. Henrietta P. Wilson married Richard Y. Por- 
ter. 

VIII. Isaac Hume Wilson. 

IX. Laura B. Wilson married Screven Smith. 

Mr. Hume married a Miss Wilson, sister of Ste- 
phen M. Wilson. He also resided near Pendleton, but 
of his descendants I can learn nothing. 

The following families settled near Pendleton ear- 
ly in the year 1800: Dr. Hall at the Colin Camp- 
bell place, afterwards owned by Mr. W. H. Trescot, and 
after him by John Owen. Dr. Dart settled close by 



76 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

at the place now owned by John S. Newton's family. 
Mrs. McGreggor at the Eliot place near Dr. Dart's- 
Old Ben DuPree settled near Dr. Dart's on the place 
known as Lorton place, now owned by H. S. Trescot, 
and Nicholas Bishop settled on land adjoining Dr. Hall. 
Of these families I can gather but little information. 
They all came from Charleston, and were refined in 
their manners, but possessed of moderate means. 

Mr. Bishop left two daughters, Jane and Dorcas, 
who never married, and resided at their father's home 
on Big Garvin Creek, and lived to a good old age, and 
were buried at the Old Stone Church. 

Gov. Frank Burt married the eldest daughter of 
Dr. Hall and Samuel Towns of Greenville married an- 
other daughter of Dr. Hall. 

Mrs. McGregor had three daughters, one of 
whom, Mary, married Thomas Bowen of Pickens. They 
all removed from here many years ago, and no furth- 
er information can be obtained as to their descendants. 



BURT FAMILY. 



Armistead Burt, Sr., moved from Edgefield to 
Pendleton and with his wife is buried at Old Lebanon, 
nearby the former residence of Mr. Thomas Dickson. 

He was the father of: 

I. Armistead Burt, Jr. 

II. Gov. Frank Burt. 

III. Miss Kittie Burt. 

IV. Miss Eliza Burt married Campbell Miller. 

I. Armistead Burt, Jr., married Martha Calhoun 
— no issue. He moved to Abbeville, was at one time 
a member of United States Congress — and was recog- 
nized as a distinguished lawyer. 

II. Gov- Frank Burt married Georgiana Hall, 
daughter of Dr. Hall and had the following children : 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 77 

1. Georgia Burt married Wm. Dawson of Charles- 



ton. 



2. Hariet Burt. 

3. Joanna Burt. 
4: Frank Burt. 

5. Armistead Burt. 
. 6. Kate Burt. 

7. Mary Burt. 

Gov. Frank Burt practiced law at Pendleton, and 
resided at the residence now owned by Mr- G. E. Tay- 
lor. He was appointed by the President, Governor of 
the Territory of Nebraska during the excitement of the 
question of slavery. A few months after entering up- 
on his duties in Nebraska he died and his remains were 
brought home and buried in the Episcopal Churchyard 
at Pendleton. After this his family removed from Pen- 
dleton. 



BEE FAMILY. 



Col. Barnard Bee came from Charleston and set- 
tled on a farm about one and a half miles from the 
town of Pendleton, on the place still known as the Bee 
home — ^now owned by Edward Hall. His remains are 
buried with other members of his family in the Episco- 
pal churchyard. 

Miss Maria Bee, his sister, resided with him. One 
who knew this lady well says too much cannot be said 
in praise of her. She was a lovely, refined and Chris- 
tian woman. Col. Bee was celebrated for his elegant 
and courtly manners. In fact he was the most ele- 
gant gentleman in his manners I ever knew. 

Col. Barnard Bee married Miss and 

had the following children : 

1. Gen. Barnard Bee married Miss Hill. 

II- Hamilton Bee. 



78 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

III. Ann Bee married Gen. Clement Stevens (See 
Stevens family.) 

IV. Susan Bee — never married. 

V. Mattie Bee — never married. 

VI. Emma Bee — never married. 

I. Gen. Barnard Bee graduated at West Point, 
and entered the United States Army as a lieutenant. 
At the beginning of the Confederate War, he resigned 
his position in the United States Army ,and was ap- 
pointed a colonel in the Confederate Army. Shortly 
thereafter was promoted to be Brigadier G£neral. He 
was killed at the first battle of Manassas. It was 
Gen. Barnard Bee who in this battle gave the name of 
Stonewall to General Jackson. Gen. Barnard Bee mar- 
ried a Miss Hill; there were two children, both of 
whom died quite young at Pendleton of diphtheria 
His remains were brought home and buried in the 
Episcopal churchyard. 

II. Hamilton Bee early in life went to Texas, and 
figured largely in the war of Texas independence. I 
can learn nothing further of him. 



STEVENS FAMILY. 



Mrs. Stevens, a widow and sister of Col. Barnard 
Bee, came to Pendleton with him and resided at the 
farm now owned by J. A. Shanklin. 

He had the following children: 

I. Gen. Clement Stevens married his cousin, Ann 
Bee, sister of Gen. Barnard Bee. 

II. Helen Stevens married Dr- Kennedy of Spar- 
tanburg, S. C. 

III. Mary Stevens married Dr. Russell of Spar- 
tanburg, S. C. 

IV. Henry Stevens. 

V. Ann Stevens. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 79 

VI. Rev. Bishop Peter Stevens married, first, Mary 
Capers, daughter of Bishop William Capers; second, 
Hattie Palmer. 

I. Gen. Clement Stevens became a Brigadier Gen- 
eral in the Confederate Army, was killed in battle. 
His remains were buried in the Episcopal churchyard 
at Pendleton by the side of his distinguished brother- 
in-law. He had several children all of whom died at 
Pendleton of diphtheria. 

VI. Bishop Peter Stevens married first Mary Ca- 
pers and had by this wife two children: 

1. Mattie Stevens. 

2. Helen Stevens married Prof. Daniel DuPree of 
Wofford College. 

Bishop Stevens by his second wife, Hattie Palmer, 
had no children. 

1. Helen Stevens and her husband, Prof. Daniel 
DuPree have the following children : 



LORTON FAMILY. 



Thomas Lorton married Sarah, daughter of Maj. 
Andrew Hamilton. They had two children. 

I. John S- Lorton married Amanda Kilpatrick, 
widow of J. C. Kilpatrick, daughter of Frank and sis- 
ter of Judge J. N. Whitner. 

II. Mary Lorton married Overton Lewis (See 
Lewis family.) 

I. John S. Lorton was a quiet and reserved man. 
He was a merchant, and was known of all men for his 
honesty and uprightness of character. I remember 
well the fact that when any of the gentry of the com- 
munity sent a child or servant to town to purchase some 
ai-ficie, they always told them to go to Mr. Lorton's 
store, for they well knew that no advantage would be 
taken of them. 



80 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

John S. Lorton and his wife, Amanda, had one child : 

I. Ella Lorton married Gideon Lee of Cormel, N. 
Y., and they had three sons, whose names are un- 
known. 

J. C. Kilpatrick was the son of John Kilpatrick. 
He married Amanda Whitner, and they had two chil- 
dren: 

L Clara Kilpatrick married Col. J. W. Livingston. 

IL Whitner Kilpatrick never married. 

L Clara Kilpati'ick was a noted belie when a 
young lady. She and her husband, Col. J. W- Living- 
ston, had the following children: 

IL Whitner Kilpatrick was among the noblest 
young men ever raised in Pendleton. He became a 
colonel in the Confederate Army, was killed in battle, 
and his remains were buried at the Old Stone Church. 



POTTER. 



Rev. Mr. Potter was an Episcopal minister and re- 
sided in the house now known as the Railroad house. 
He married the widow of a Mr. Hamilton, who had a 
son, Paul Hamilton. Mr. Potter moved away from Pen- 
dleton many years ago and died in Charleston. 



J. TYLER WHITFIELD. 



Mr. Whitfield practiced law in Pendleton and mar- 
ried Martha Griffin, daughter of Capt- James Griffin. 
They had the following children: 

I. Margaret Whitfield married Rev. Barnard 
Gaines. 

II. John C. Whitfield married Susan Finley. 

I. Margaret Whitfield and her husband. Rev. Bar- 
nard Gaines, had the following children : 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 81 

to 



1. 


Ann Gaines married Gassaway and moved 


2. 


a. 
Ella Gaines married Dr. Thomas Hudgens. 


3. 


Elizabeth Gaines- 


4. 


Louisa Gaines. 


5. 


Helen Gaines. 


6. 


Jane Gaines. 


7. 


Mary Gaines. 


8. 


Emma Gaines. 


9. 


Capers Gaines. 


10. 


Walker Gaines. 


11. 


Joe Gaines. 


12. 


George Gaines. 



2. Ella Gaines and her husband, Dr. Thomas Hud- 
gens, had six children: 

A. John Hudgens. 

B. Maggie Hudgens. 

C. Augustus Hudgens married Lucia Taylor. 

D. Elizabeth Hudgens. 

E. Kate Hudgens. 

F. Arthur Hudgens. 

C. Augustus Hudgens and wife, Lucia (Taylor) 
Hudgens have the following children: 
A. Elizabeth Whitner Hudgens. 

IL John Whitfield and wife, Susan (Finley) Whit- 
field had the following children : 

1. Ella Whitfield married James Jones. 

2. Elbert Whitfield died unmarried. 

3. John C. Whitfield, Jr., married Ella Cox of 
Tennessee. 

4. Sue Whitfield, unmarried. 

1. Ella Whitfield and husband, James Jones, have 
one child: 

A. Ella C. Jones. 



82 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

3. John C. Whitfield, Jr., and wife, Ella Cox, had 
one child: 

A. John C. Whitfield. 



WILLIAM HUBBARD. 



Had two children: 

I. A daughter who married a Mr. Smith. 

II. William Hubbard, Jr., a well known citizen of 
Pendleton, married Mahala Waddell. 

I. The daughter of Wm. Hubbard and her hus- 
band, a Mr. Smith, had a son: 

1. Munro Smith married Esther Watkins, daugh- 
ter of Baylis Watkins, and had the following children: 

A. James Smith, — having graduated at Davidson 
College with first honor, died shortly afterwards, un- 
married. 

B. J. P. Smith married Carrie Glenn, daughter 
of F. M. Glenn. 

C. Dr. R. Frank Smith married Miss Hollings- 
worth. 

D. Dr. Walter Smith married Miss Glenn, daugh- 
ter of J. M. Glenn. 

E. Elizabeth Smith married J. C. Watkins. (See 
Watkins family-) 

F. Amanda Smith married J. P. Glenn, son of F. 
M. Glenn, no issue. 

G. Smith married Dr. Lawrence Clayton. 

H. Chess Smith married — 

B. J. P. Smith and wife, Corrie (Glenn) Smith 
had the following children : 

a. Herbert Smith married — 

b. Lois Smith- 

c. Pearl Smith. 

d. Walter Smith. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 83 

D. Dr. Walter Smith and wife, Miss Glenn, had 
one child : 

11. William Hubbard and wife, Mahala Waddell, 
had the following children : 

1. Robt. Hubbard married Jane McFall. 

2. Georgia Hubbard married John Brown. 

3. Mary Hubbard married Elijah Brown. 

4. Hattie Hubbard married Dock Earle. 
5- Lillie Hubbard married Barr. 

6. Arthur Hubbard married Mary Wilson. 

7. Seffie Hubbard. 

1. Robert Hubbard and wife, Jane McFall, had 
five children : 

A. Nora Hubbard. 

B. John M. Hubbard married Lavinia Cater. 

C. Wm. Hubbard married Dessie Keese. 

D. Augusta Hubbard. 

E. Elizabeth Hubbard married John Broyles. 
(See Broyles family-) 

B. John M. Hubbard and wife, Lavinia (Cater) 
Hubbard had — 

a. -_ 

C. Wm. Hubbard and wife, Dessie (Keese) Hub- 
bard, had the following children : 

a. J. W. Hubbard. 

b. Robt. Hubbard. 

c. Edward Hubbard. 

2. Georgia Hubbard and her husband, John 
Brown, had three children: 

A. Feaster Brown. 
B- William Brown. 
C. Ernest Brown. 

3. Mary Hubbard and her husband, Elijah Brown,, 
had seven children : 

A. Hattie Brown married Sam Brownlee. 



84 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

B. Amelia Brown married Rev. Mr. Edwards, mis- 
sionary to Mexico. 

C. Marie Brown married Joe Magu. 

D. Dr. Ralph Brown married. 

E. Elijah Brown married Miss Salley of Orange- 
burg. 

F. Eula Brown. 

G. Annie Brown- 



ANDERSON BURNS. 



Anderson Burns married Leah Doyle and had the 
following children : 

L Mary Burns married Milton Reese- 

IL Sarah Burns married William Grogan. 

in. Martha Burns, unmarried. 

IV. Harriet Burns married Mr. Hunt. 

V. Elizabeth Burns, unmarried. 

VI. Robt. M. Burns married Miss Blackman. 

VII. Thompson Burns, unmarried. 
VIIL Maria B. Burns, unmarried. 



JOHN PIKE- 



John Pike came to this country from England and 
settled about one mile west of Pendleton near the Old 
Stone Church. They were people of gentle manners. 
Mrs. Pike when a widow was employed by Mrs. John 
C. Calhoun as her companion. They had three children : 

I. Ellen Pike, never married. 

II. Lucretia Pike married Andrew Stephens. 

III. John Pike married Martha Fitzgerald. 



ROBINSON FAMILY. 



John Robinson was born and raised in Fauquier 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 85 

County, Virginia, and married there a Miss Benson, and 
they had the following children : 

I. Dr. John Robinson married Eliza Blassingame, 
daughter General Blassingame. 

II. Dr- Wm- Robinson married Maria Earle, daugh- 
ter or Washington Earle. 

III. Eliza Robinson. 

John Robinson married the second time Sarah Smith 
and they had the following children: 

IV. Maj. Willis Robinson. 

V. Margaret Robinson. 

VI. Knox Robinson. 

VII. Mary Robinson. 

VIII. Smith Robinson. 

IX. Catherine Robinson. 

I. Dr- John Robinson practiced medicine for many 
years in Pendleton and resided in the house subsequently 
owned by Dr. Joseph Taylor. 

Dr. John Robinson and Eliza Blassingame had the 
following children : 

1. Elizabeth Robinson married Earle Halcomb. 

2. Ann Robinson married Alex Briggs. 

3. Esther Robinson married James E. Hagood. 

4. Mary Robinson, never married. 

5. John Robinson married — 

6. Jane Robinson married Edward Owens of Abbe- 
ville. 

7. Sallie Robinson married John Patton. 

8. Julia Robinson married Wm- Lee. 
9. Wm- Robinson married Elvira Hagood. 

II. Dr. Wm. Robinson and wife, Maria Earle, had 
the following children : 

1. John Robinson married Rebecca Watt of Fair- 
field County. 



86 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

2. Elizabeth E. Robinson married Maj. John V. 
Moore. 

3. Sarah Y. Robinson died unmarried. 

4. Dr. George Robinson married Sarah Childs. 

5. Warren D. Robinson died unmarried- 

6. Charles Robinson married Miss Clayton. 

7. Virginia Robinson married E. H. Shanklin, son 
of Van Shanklin (See Shanklin family.) 

2. Elizabeth E. Robinson and husband, Maj. -Trhn 
V. Moore, had three children ,only one of whom lived to 
manhood, that was : 

A. Wm. R. Moore married Miss — 

Major Moore was an officer in the Confederate Army 
and was killed in battle- 

4. Dr. George Robinson and wife, Sarah (Cnncis) 
Robinson had the following children : 

A- Charles Robinson married Miss Cox. 

B. Earle Robinson married Miss Cureton of Green- 
ville. 

C. Robert Robinson. 

D. Elizabeth Robinson. 

E. Augusta Robinson. 

F. John Robinson. 

IV. Maj. Willis Robinson was born in Virginia, but 
spent his early life in Kentucky. When a young man he 
came to Pendleton with his two brothers, Dr. John and 
Dr- Wm. Robinson. He married twice, — First, Sarah 
Ann Griffin, daughter of Capt. James Griffin; by this 
marriage he had one son, Henry C- Robinson, who died 
unmarried. 

He married the second time Rebecca W. Griffin, 
daughter of Capt. James Griffin and by this marriage he 
had four children : 

1. Ida Robinson married John T. Hacket. 

2. Anna Robinson, unmarried. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 87 

3. Whitner K, Robinson, unmarried. 

4. Willis S. Robinson, died unmarried. 

1. Ida Robinson and her husband, John T. Hacket, 
have two children : 

A. Covie Hacket- 

B. John R- Hacket. 



DR. GIBBS. 



Dr. Gibbs practiced medicine in Pendleton. He came 
from Beaufort County and resided in the house now 
owned by Dr. Thos. J. Pickens. He had one daughter, 
Mary, who attended school under Miss Bates. 
DR. STEWART. 

Dr. Stewart came to Pendleton from Charleston and 
practiced medicine here. He resided at the house known 
as Micassa where H. P. Sitton now resides- He had 
no children, but an adopted daughter who married Paul 
Hamilton, the step-son of Rev. Mr. Potter- 



DR. THOMAS REESE. 



Dr. Thos. Reese, son of David and Susan Polk 
Reese, married Jane Harris, daughter of Robt. Harris, 
near Charlotte, N, C, 1773. They had seven children: 

I. Edwin Tasker Reese. 

II. Thomas Sidney Reese. 

III. Elihu Reese. 
IV- Leah Reese. 

V. Lydie Reese- 

VI. Henry Dobson Reese. 

VII. Susan Polk Reese. 

I. Edwin Tasker Reese graduated at Princeton with 
first honor. His remains were buried at the Old St(>ne ,, 
Church, Pendleton, S. C. 



88 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

II. Thomas Sidney Reese also graduated at Prince- 
ton ; was admitted to the bar at Pendleton ; shortly there- 
after he was killed in a duel by Michie. His second was 
John Taylor, Esq. He also was buried at the Stone / 
Church. 

III. Elihu Reese graduated in medicine in Phil- 
adelphia; died in Charleston during an epidemic of yel- 
low fever, and was buried there. 

IV. Leah Reese was born 1779. In 1782 she re- 
turned with her father to South Carolina and married 
Maj. Samuel Taylor, son of Maj. Samuel Taylor of Rev- . 
olutionary fame- Maj. Taylor was an officer in the War 
of 1812. He moved to Alabama and died there 1833. 
(See Taylor line.) 

V. Lydie Reese married first Mr. Findley of South 
Carolina who was killed accidentally by his brother-in- 
law, Samuel Cherry. She married the second time John 
Martin. 

VI. Henry Dobson Reese married Rebecca Harris, ^ 
grand-daughter of Gen. Andrew Pickens. They had 
eleven children as follows: • 

1. Sidney Harris Reese married late in life an Ill- 
inois lady unknown. 

2. Frank Reese unknown. 

3. Maria Reese married Washington Knox. 

4. Edwin Reese married Charlotte McKinstry. 

5. Flora Reese married Mr- Rowland. 

6. Carlos Reese married Mary E. Crenshaw and 
moved to Alabama. 

7- Harriet Reese married W. Smith- 

8. Elihu Milton Reese married — 

9. Jane Reese married W. W. Scott. 

10. Thomas Reese. 

11. Mary C. Reese. 

VII. Susan Polk Reese marrfied Samuel Cherry 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 89 

at the home of Dir. Reese at Pendleton, S. C, 1807. 
They had twelve children as follows: 

1. Robert M. Cherry married Carolina Crenshaw 
of Alabama- 

2. Thomas Reese Cherry married Mary Reese Har- 
ris, his cousin- 

3. James Alvin Cherry married his cousin, Mary 
E. Reese. 

4. Samuel Sidney Cherry never married, buried / 
at Stone Church. 

5. William B. Cherry married Sarah Lewis. 

6. Jane Adelaide Cherry married Dr. A. H. Reese 
and moved to West Point, Ga. 

7. Edwin Augustus Cherry died unmarried. 

8. Sarah Ann Cherry married John Smith. 

9- David E. Cherry married Edmonia Schull of 
Virginia- 

10. John C. Cherry died unmarried — buried at / 
Stone Church. 

11. Mary E. Cherry married Elijah McKinley. 

12. Charles Henry Cherry — unmarried. 

2. Thomas Reese Cherry and wife, Mary Reese 
Harris, had eight children as follows: 

A. Edward B. Cherry. 

B. Mary Story Cherry. 

C. Annie Reese Cherry. 

D. Laura Cherry. 

E- Thomas R- Cherry. 

F. Nathaniel H. Cherry. 

G. Lillie B. Cherry. 
H. Kate Cherry. 

5. Dr. William B. Cherry and Sarah Lewis, his 
wife, had three children as follows: 
A. Lorty Cherry died young. 



90 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

B. Samuel D. Cherry married Minnie Johnson of 
Atlanta. 

C. Fanny Lewis Cherry married Warren R. Da- 
vis- 



GEORGE REESE, BROTHER OF DR. THOS. REESE. 



George Reese, son of David and Susan Polk Reese, 
married Anna Story of Sumter, S. C. Their eldest 
daughter, Mary Story Reese, married David Cherry of 
Pendleton, S. C. They had one child, George Reese 
Cherry, who married Sarah Creswell, and they had one 
child, Mary George Cherry. 



CATHERINE REESE. 



Catherine Reese, eldest daughter of Da^ifid and 
Susan Polk Reese, sister to Dr. Thomas and George 
Reese, married William Sharpe of Maryland. William 
Sharpe was a son of Thomas Sharpe — he was a distin- 
guished patriot of the Revolution. He was a lawyer 
by profession. He was a member of the State Con- 
gress, and Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Rutherford and after- 
wards a member of the Continental Congress at Phil- 
adelphjia. The said William Sharpe and Catherine 
Reese, his wife, left a number of children, among them 
Elizabeth and Elam settled in Pendleton. Elizabeth 
married Capt. R. Starke, died without issue. Elam 
Sharpe married Elizabeth Miller, daughter of John 
Miller (See Miller line.) They had the following chil- 
dren: 

I. Oscar Sharpe- 

II. Elam Sharpe. 

III. Edwin Sharpe. 

IV. Marcus Sharpe. 

V. Elizabeth Sharpe. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 91 

I. Oscar Sharpe married Susan Harrell. They 
had the following children: 

1. Edwin Reese Sharpe. 

2. Susan Elizabeth Sharpe. 
3- Frances H. Sharpe. 

4. Mary C- Sharpe. 

5. Annie E. Sharpe. 

6. Rose Harrell Sharpe. 

7. Pinkie Sharpe. 

8. Wm. Oscar Sharpe. 

9. Gertrude E. Sharpe. 

II. Elam Sharpe married Fanny Hayne, daugh- 
ter of Gov. Robert Y. Hayne of South Carolina- They 
had the following children : 

1. Martha Sharpe married James Overton Lewis- 

2. Elam Sharpe. 

III. Edwin Sharpe never married. 

IV. Dr. Marcus Sharpe never married. 

V. Elizabeth Sharpe married Rev. John M. Car- 
lisle. They had the following children : 

1. Rev. John E. Carlisle. 



Wm. Mayson Carlisle, died young. 
James B. Carlisle. 
Charles H. Carlisle. 
Susan Elizabeth Carlisle. 
Rev. Marcus L. Carlisle. 



1. Rev. John E. Carlisle married first, Emma 
Jones, — no issue; married second, Kate Roland, — no is- 
sue. 

3. Edwin Sharpe Carlisle married Annie Bow- 
den- They had seven children, namely: 

Elizabeth, Annie, William, Sarah,. John, Mary R., 
and Gladys Carlisle. 

4- James B. Carlisle married Eliza Allen. They 



92 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

have three children, Eliza Allen, James A. and Lilly 
Carlisle. 

5. Charles H. Carlisle married Alice Pyles. They 
have boys, namely: Charles E., Francis M., and John 
S. Carlisle. 

6. Susan Elizabeth Carlisle married John K. Jen- 
nings. They have five children, namely : 

John Carlisle Jennings, Wm. Coke, Lucius K., Em- 
ma C- Jennings. 

7. Rev. Marcus L. Carlisle married Annie Rast- 
They have two chillren, namely, Charles E. and Wm. 
A. Carlisle. 



DUPREE FAMILY. 



Benjamin DuPree came to Pendleton early in the 
18th century and settled on a farm on Little Garvin 
Creek, now owned by H. S. Trescot. As far as could 
-^be ascertained he had eight children: 

I. Benjamin DuPree, Jr., married Eliza Frances 
Carne 1819. 

II. Cornelius Portervine DuPree married Esther 
Mary Carne 1827. 

III. Mary DuPree married Dr. Dart- 

L Benjamin DuPree, Jr., and wife, Eliza F. (Carne) 
DuPree, had the following children: 

1. Sarah C. DuPree. 

2. Augustus N. DuPree. 

3. Eliza Caroline DuPree. 

4. Samuel A. DuPree. 

II. Cornelius Portervine DuPree and wife, Esther 
M. (Carne) DuPree had the following children: 

1. Amanda C- DuPree. 

2. Julius Franklin C. DuPree married Mary P. 
Huckabee- 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 93 

3. Cornelius H. DuPree. 

4. M. Rosa Eugenia DuPree married M. L. Ken- 
nedy. 

5. M. Emma V. DuPree. 

6. B. C- DuPree. 

2. Julius Franklin C. DuPree was elected the first 
Professor of Horticulture of Clemson College and died 
at Clemson College. He and his wife, Mary P- (Huck- 
abee) DuPree, have the following children: 

A. Julius H. DuPree married Josephine Hill. 

B. Jannette DuPree, died unmarried. 

C. Eugene M. DuPree married Anna K. McKellar. 

D. Wm. C. DuPree married Sarah W. Shillito. 

E. Frank C. DuPree married Sarah N- Marshall. 

F. A. Mason DuPree married — 

G. Mary C. DuPree, unmarried. 

H. Anna R. DuPree, died unmarried. 

4. M. Rosa Eugenia DuPree and her husband, M. 
L. Kennedy, have the following children : 

A. Eala Kennedy married Mr. Haddon. 

B. Alice Gertrude Kennedy 'married John N. 
Bleckley- 

The two brothers, Benjamin DuPree, Jr., and Cor- 
nelius Partervine DuPree built two houses on the east- 
ern part of Pendleton exactly alike and resided there 
for many years. One of these houses was purchased 
by the Episcopal Church for a parsonage. The oth- 
er was recently torn down by F. E. Boggs. 



SAMUEL CRAIG. 



Samuel Craig came to Pendleton with the Lewis 
family from North Carolina. His people were origi- 
nally from Virginia. He married Ruth Briggs and 



94 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

had one son, David Craig, who married Catherine 
Smith, daughter of Capt. Aaron Smith, 

David Craig and wife Catherine (Smith) Craig had 
the following children : 

I. Sam T. Craig married Mary Partlow. 

II. D. M. Craig married Leah Rochester. 
IIL Luther Craig never married. 

IV. Ruth Craig married Joseph N. Smith. 

V. Kate Craig unmarried. 

I. Sam T. Craig and wife Mary (Partlow) Craig 
have the following children : 

1. Sam Craig, Jr. 

2. James Craig. 

3. Mamie Craig. 

4. Marshall Craig. 

II. D. M. Craig and wife Leah (Rochester) Craig 
have the following children : 

1. Marcus Craig- 

2. Augustus Craig. 

3. Ray Craig. 

4. Ruth Craig. 



DAVID SLOAN. 



David Sloan born 1753 married Susanah Majors. 
They resided on Seneca River at the place now known 
as Sloan Ferry and were buried at the family grave- 
yard on his homestead. 

David and Susanah (Majors) Sloan had twelve 
children as follows: 

I. William Sloan died 1804. 

II. Elizabeth Sloan married Jesse Stribling (See 
Stribling Family.) 

III. David Sloan married Nancy Trimmier. 

IV. Susan Sloan married Robert Bruce. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 95 

V. Nancy Sloan married Col- Jos. Taylor (See 
Taylor Family.) 

VI. Mary Sloan died 1810. 

VII. Rebecca Sloan married Dr. Joe Berry Earle 
(See Earle Family.) 

VIII. Benjamin F. ■ Sloan married Eliza C. Earle. 

IX. Thomas Majors Sloan married Nancy Biasing- 
ham. 

X. Catherine E. Sloan married Jno. P. Benson. 
(See Benson Family.) 

XL William Sloan married Eliza Hackett. 
XII. J. Madison Sloan married Rebecca Linton. 

III. David Sloan and his wife, Nancy (Trimmier) 
Sloan had eight children as follows: 

1. William David Sloan married Martha Jones. 

2. Sallie Sloan married first, John Blasingham^ 
second, John Bomar. 

3. John T. Sloan married Eliza Benson. 

4. Emily Sloan married G. W. Bomar. 

5. Susan Sloan married Andrew F. Lewis. 

6. Lucy Sloan married Dr. Robert Maxwell. 

7. Thomas Sloan married Sallie Seaborne. 

8. Ben Parker Sloan married Mary Reeder. 

3. John T. Sloan and wife, Eliza (Benson) S"loan 
had children as follows: 

A. Enoch Berry Sloan married Mary Benson. 

B. Alice Sloan — unmarried. 

C. Essie M. Sloan married Wm. H. Whitner, no 
issue. 

D. Eliza Sloan — unmarried- 

E. David B. Sloan married Nancy Poe. 

F. Wm. Henry Sloan — died. 

G. John T. Sloan twice married; first, Janie Bev- 
erly; second, Mrs. Gilliam. 

H. Dr. Henry N. Sloan married Ella Townsend. 



96 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

I. Gourdin Sloan married first, Sallie Carpenter; 
second, Ella Justice. 

J. Emma Sloan — died. 

K. McBurnie Sloan married Cynthia Gibbes. 

L. Barny Cleveland Sloan married Luve Vrooman. 

A. Enoch Berry and Mary (Benson) Sloan had 
three children as follows : 

a. Edward Sloan. 

b. D. Prue Sloan. 

c. Essie Sloan. 

a. Edward Sloan married Alice White and has 
two children, Mortimer Sloan and New Sloan. 

E. David B. and Nancy (Poe) Sloan, his wife, 
have six children as follows: 

a. Joseph Henry Sloan married Carrie Marshall. 

b. Winslow Sloan married Daisy Russell- 

c. Ellen Sloan — unmarried. 

d. Alice Sloan — unmarried. 

e. Janie Sloan — unmarried. 

f. Neila Sloan — unmarried. 

a. Jos. Henry and Carrie (Marshall) Sloan, his 
wife have two chi^ldren, — David Sloan and Mamid 
Sloan. 

b. Winslow and Daisy (Russell) Sloan, his wife 
have children as follows: Gus Hoke, Joseph Henry 
Sloan. 

G. John T. and Janie (Beverley) Sloan, his wife 
had three children : Beverley, Annie and John. 

H. Dr. Henry N. and Ella (Townsend) Sloan, his 
wife had the following children: 

Henry Townsend Sloan married Maggie Ricei. 

John Benson Sloan married Reuby Anderson. 

Joldsby Sloan — unmarried. 

Eliza Trimmier Sloan — unmarried. 

I. Gourdin and Sallie (Carpenter) Sloan and Ella 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 97 

(Justice) Sloan had two children, Annie and Louise 
Cleveland. 

K. McBurnie and Cynthia (Gibbs) Sloan, his wife 
have one child, James Trimmier Sloan. 

L. B. Cleveland and Luve (Vrooman) Sloan, his 
wife, have one child, John Cleveland Sloan. 

4. Emily Sloan married G. W- Bomar and had chil- 
dren as follows: 

A. David S. Bomar — killed in Civil War. 

B. Edward D. Bomar — married Eugenia Earle. 

C. Annie Bomar, — died. 

D. Mary Bomar married Albert Twitchell. 

E. Robert Bomar married Julia Sims. 

F. George Bomar married Sallie Elford. 

G. William Bomar — died. 
H. Landrum Bomar — died. 

L Emma Bomar married James Gilfillin. 
J. Berry Bomar — died. 

K. Eli Geddings Bomar married, first, Miss Kelt; 
second, Fanny Johnson. 

L. Henry Bomar married — 

5. Susan Sloan and Andrew F. Lewis. (See 
Lewis line.) 

6. Lucy Sloan and Dr. Robt. D. Maxwell. (See 
Maxwell line.) 

7. Tomas Sloan and Sallie (Seaborne) his wife, 
had children as follows: 

A. Douglas Sloan married, first, Fannie Dye; sec- 
ond Mamie Tresevant. 

B. George Sloan — died. 

C. Eva Sloan married E. B. Murray. 

D. Julius Sloan — drowned. 

E. Duff Sloan married Lilian Trowbridge. 

F. Meta Sloan married Dr. J. 0. Wilhite. 

A. Douglas and Fanny (Dye) Sloan had two chil- 
dren as follows: 



98 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

James Marshall Sloan. 

Francis Dye Sloan. 

A. Douglas and Mamie Trezevant Sloan have chil- 
dren as follows: 

Douglas Sloan. 

Mary Sloan. 

George Sloan. 

Seaborne Sloan. 

Bessie Orr Sloan. 

C. Eva Sloan married E. B. Murray and had the 
following children: 

a. Felicia Hall Murray. 

b. J. Scott Murray — died unmarried. 

c. Eva Sloan Murray married Mr. Cumnock. 

d. Edward B. Murray. 

e. Duff S. Murray. 

f. Douglas Murray. 

E. Duff and Lilian (Trowbridge) Sloan, his wife 
have two children : 

George Seaborne Sloan. 
Annie Lilian Sloan. 

F. Meta Sloan married Dr. J. O. Wilhite and they 
have children as follows: 

a. J. O. Wilhite, Jr. 

b. Lydie G. Wilhite. 

c. Sarah Earle Wilhite. 

d. Cora Wilhite. 

e. Philip A. Wilhite. 

f. Frank T. Wilhite. 

8. Ben Parker and Mary (Reeder) Sloan had 
eight children : 

A. Nancy Sloan — died. 

B. Manning Sloan. 

C. Lewis Sloan. 

D. Hattie Sloan. 

E. Lucy Sloan married C. Perley. 

F. Susan Sloan. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 99 

G. David Sloan. 

VIII. Benjamin F. Sloan, son of David and Susan 
(Majors) Sloan, married Eliza C. Earle and had the 
following children : 

1. Sallie T. Sloan married W. H. D. Gaillard. 

2. David Sloan married Sallie Taylor. 

3. Col. John B. E. Sloan married Mollie Seaborne. 

4. Joe Berry Sloan married Mary E. Earle — killed 
in Civil War. 

5. Susan Sloan married Wm. P. Hall. 

6. Benjamin Franklin Sloan, Jr., married, first, 
Rebecca Benson ; second, Ellen Lewis. 

7. Dr. P. H. E. Sloan married Ella Maxwell. 

1. Sallie Sloan married W. H. D. Gaillard and had 
the following children : 

A. Rebecca Gaillard married B. C. Crawford. 

B. Benj. Gaillard — unmarried. 

C. Eliza Gaillard married James T. Hunter. 

D. Wm. H. D. Gaillard, Jr., married Lena Greene. 

E. Susan Gaillard married Joseph J. Sitton. 

F. Henrietta Gaillard married Wm. Seabrook. 

G. Pauline Gaillard married Miles M. Hunter, 
H. P. Cordes Gaillard married Eoline Merchant. 
A. Rebecca Gaillard married B. C. Crawford and 

they have the following children : 

a. Mary Bell Crawford. 

b. B. C. Crawford, Jr. 

c. Eliza Crawford. 

d. Frank Crawford. 

e. Sue Crawford. 

f. Henry Crawford. 

g. James Crawford, 
h. Paul Crawford. 

C. Eliza Gaillard married James T. Hunter and 
they have the following children : 
a. Thomas E. Hunter. 



100 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

b. James William Hunter. 

c. Miles N. Hunter. 

d. Sallie Gaillard Hunter. 

e. Louise Hunter. 

b. James William Hunter married Miss Skinner of 
Raleigh, N. C. 

D. Wm. H. D., Jr., and his wife, Lena (Green) 
Gaillard had the following children: 

a. Margaret. 

b. Irene. 

c. Henrietta. 

d. W. H. D. 

e. Perkins Green Gaillard. 

E. Susan Gaillard married Joseph J. Sitton and 
had the following children : 

a. Emma Sitton. 

b. Henrietta Sitton married Benjamin Aull. 

c. Arthur Sitton. 

d. Louis Sitton. 

e. John Sitton. 

f. Henry Sitton. 

g. Joseph Sitton. 

h. Ben Gaillard Sitton. 

F. Henrietta Gaillard married Wiiliarn Seabrook 
and had the following children : 

a. Wm. Seabrook, Jr. 

b. Henrietta Seabrook. 

c. P. C. Seabrook. 

d. Edward Seabrook. 

G. Pauline Gaillard married Miles M. Hunter and 
had the following children: 

a. Bessie Hunter. 

b. Galliard Hunter. 

c. Ralph Hunter. 

d. Sallie Hunter. 

e. James Hunter. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 101 

f, Pauline Hunter. 

g. Miles Hunter. 

H. P. Cordes and Eoline (Merchant) Gaillard 
have two children : 

P. C. Gaillard, Jr. 
James Culbraith Gaillard. 

3. Col. John Baylis E. Sloan and Mollie (Sea- 
borne) Sloan have the following children: 

A. Earle Sloan married Alice Witte. 

B. Louis F. Sloan — unmarried. 

C. Annie Lee Sloan — unmarried. 

D. Leila Sloan married L. Johnson. 

E. Joe Berry Sloan — unmarried. 

F. Vivian S. Sloan — unmarried. 

G. Helen Gaines Sloan married Dr. Torrence. 
H. Margarite E. Sloan — unmarried. 

A. Earle Sloan and Alice Witte Sloan, his wife, 
have the following children : 

a. Carla W. Sloan. 

b. Eliza Earle Sloan. 

4. Joe Berry Sloan and Mary E, (Earle) Sloan, 
his wife have two children as follows: 

A. Harriet Sloan — unmarried. 

B. Mary Mayes Sloan. 

B. Mary Mayes Sloan married William H. Lyles 
and had children as follows : 

a. Mary Mayes Lyles. 

b. Saray Lyles. 

c. Joe Berry Lyles. 

d. William Lyles. 

e. Preston Lyles. 

f. Mayes Lyles. 

5. Susan Sloan married Wm. P. Hall and they have 
the following children: 

A. Felicia Hall married Wm. B. Chisholm. 

B. Eliza Hall married Andrew Crawford. 



102 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

C. Tudor Hall married. 

D. Henry G. Hall — unmarried. 

E. Wm. P. Hall married Floride Orr. 

A. Felicia Hall married Wm. B. Chisholm and they 
have the following children: 

a. Sue Chisholm married Lieut. Dwight. 

b. Wm. B. Chisholm. 

c. Tudor Hall Chisholm. 

d. Caspar Chisholm. 

e. Felix Chisholm. 

f. Alexander Chisholm. 

g. Felicia Chisholm. 
h. Esteria Chisholm. 
i. Harry Chisholm. 

B. Eliza Hall married Andrew Crawford and they 
have the following children : 

a. Kate Lorraine Crawford. 

b. Wm. Hall Crawford. 

c. Andrew Crawford, Jr. 

d. Stateria Crawford. 

e. John Crawford. 

f. Daniel Crawford. 

g. J. B. E. Crawford, 
h. Susan Crawford. 

i. Eliza Earle Crawford. 

E. William P. Hall, Jr., married Floride Orr and 
they have the following children : 

a. Wm. P. Hall, Jr. 

b. Lawrence Orr Hall. 

6. Benjamin Franklin Sloan married first, Rebec- 
ca Benson, and had two children — married second, 
Ellen Lewis — no issue. 

A. Dora Sloan married H. T. Poe. 

B. Baylis Sloan married Hess Porcher. 

A. Dora Sloan married H. T. Poe and they have 
the following children : 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 103 

a. Harry T. Poe., Jr. 

b. Ellen Poe. 

c. Baylis Poe. 

d. Frank Poe. 

e. Thomas Poe. 

f. Dora Poe. 

B. Baylis Sloan married Hess Porcher and they 
had one son, Frank Sloan. 

7. Dr. P. H. E. Sloan married Ella V. Maxwell, 
daughter of Dr. Robt. D. Maxwell, and they have the fol- 
lowing children : 

A. Paul H. E. Sloan, Jr., married Susan James 
Simpson. 

B. Harry A. Sloan married Hattie Smith. 

C. Susan Hall Sloan — unmarried. 

D. Baylis Franklin Sloan married Emma Merrick. 

E. Sloan Maxwell Sloan married Walden. 

F. Elise Sloan — died young. 

A. Paul H. E. Sloan, Jr., married Susan James 
Simpson, daughter of R. W. and Maria L. Simpson and 
they have the following children : 

a. Maria Louise Garlington Sloan. 

b. Ella Maxwell Sloan. - 

c. Paul H. E. Sloan, Jr. 

d. Susie Simpson Sloan. 

e. Jean Conway Sloan. 

f. Eliza Earle Sloan. 

g. , Margaret Taliaferro Sloan, 
h. Lucy Maxwell Sloan. 

B. Harry A. Sloan married Hattie Smith and 
they have the following children: 

a. Suny May Sloan. 

b. Elise Sloan. 

c. Harry A. Sloan, Jr. 

d. Paul E. Sloan. 

V. Nancy Sloan, daughter of David and Susan 



104 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

(Majors) Sloan married Col. Joseph Taylor. (See 
Taylor line.) 

VII. Rebecca, daughter of David and Susan (Ma- 
jors) Sloan married Dr. Joe Berry Earle. (See Earle 
line.) 



THOMAS MAJORS SLOAN. 



IX. Thomas Majors Sloan, son of David and Susan 

Majors Sloan, married Nancy Blasingham and had the 
following children : 

1. John B. Sloan married Lucilla Houston. 

2. Susan M. Sloan married J. W. Crawford. 

3. David M. Sloan married Mary Easley. 

4. Elizabeth Sloan married Samuel Easley. 

5. Carrie Sloan married W. K. Easley. 

6. Wm. Sloan married Timoxina Houston. 

7. Thomas M. Sloan married Cornelia Houston. 

8. Nancy Sloan married T. S. Crayton. 

9. Benjamin Sloan married Annie Maxwell. 

10. James M. Sloan married Sallie Lynch. 

11. Robt. E. Sloan married Sallie Maxwell. 

12. Mary Sloan married Thomas 0. Jenkins. 

13. Catherine Sloan married Frank Maxwell. 

14. Lucilla Septima Sloan married J. T. Gresham. 

15. Julia Octavia Sloan — unmarried. 

1. John B. Sloan married Lucilla Houston and had 
the following children : 

A. Loula Sloan married John Easley. 

B. Curran Sloan married Kate Hyde. 

C. Thomas M. Sloan married Anna Johnson. 

D. Lucilla Sloan married Karr Tupper. 

2. Susan M. Sloan married James W. Crawford 
and had the following children : 

A. B. C. Crawford married Rebecca Gaillard. 
(See Gaillard line.) 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 105 

B. Fanny Crawford married Charles Bradford. 

C. Nannie S. Crawford married Nelson Poe. (See 
Poe line.) 

D. Sloan Crawford married Lucia Earle. 

D. Sloan Crawford married Lucia Earle, daugh- 
ter of Judge and U. S. Senator Joseph H. Earle and had 
the following children : 

3. David M. Sloan married Mary Easley and re- 
moved to Texas many years ago. They have the follow- 
ing children : 

A. Martha Sloan married John Kretzer. 

B. David Sloan. 

C. William Sloan married Alice Farmer. 

D. Nancy Sloan married Frame. 

E. John B. Sloan. 

4. Elizabeth Sloan married Samuel Easley and 
had the following children: 

A. Mary Easley married Daniel Wilcox. 

B. Samuel Easley married Roberta Crow. 

C. Nancy Easley married Brunell. 

D. South Carolina Easley married James Root. 

E. Elizabeth Easley married Frederick Turner. 

F. Florence Easley married Harry Derit. 

G. T. M. Sloan Easley. 

5. Carrie Sloan married W. K. Easley and had the 
following children: 

A. John Easley married, first, Loula Sloan ; second, 
Nannie Hyde. 

B. Elizabeth Easley. 

C. Carrie Easley. 

D. Robert Easley married Mary Farmer. 

E. Ogier Easley. 

F. Thrace Easley married Thomas Mauldin. 

G. Carlus Easley. 

H. Mamie Easley married Louis Wilbanks. 

6. William Sloan married Timoxina Syler and had 
the following children : 



106 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

A. Jesse Sloan married Georgiana McDowel. 

B. Hattie Sloan married George L. Jones. 

C. Carrie Sloan. 

D. Nancy Sloan married Dr. Ed Kennebrew. 

E. William Sloan. 

F. Leon Sloan. 

7. Thomas M. Sloan married Cornelia Houston and 
had the following children : 

A. Houston Sloan. 

B. John Sloan. 

8. Nancy Sloan married T. S. Crayton and they 
have the following children : 

A. Nanny Crayton. 

B. Julian Crayton. 

C. Lizeve Crayton. 

D. Maxwell Crayton. 

9. Benjamin Sloan married Annie Maxwell, daugh- 
ter of John Maxwell and they had one daughter : 

A. Annie Sloan who married Bradshaw Beverley 
of Virginia and had one son. 

10. Dr. James M. Sloan married Sallie Lynch and 
had one child, Susan Sloan. 

11. Robert E. Sloan married Sallie Maxwell, 
daughter of Dr. Robt. D. Maxwell and they have ^he 
following children: 

A. Robt. E. Sloan, Jr. 

B. Felix J. Sloan — died. 

C. Lucy Maxwell Sloan. 

D. Eloise Verner Sloan. 

E. Nancy Blasingham Sloan. 

F. Mary Easley Sloan. 

G. Fannie Wallace Sloan. 
H. Hattie Poe Sloan. 

L Benjamin F. Sloan. 
J. David M. Sloan. 

12. Mary Sloan married Thos. 0. Jenkins (No is- 
sue.) 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 107 

13. Catherine Sloan married Frank Maxwell. 
(See Maxwell line.) 

14. Lucilla Septima Sloan married Rev. G. T. Gres- 
ham and had one child, Julia Gresham. 

15. Julia Octavia Sloan — unmarried. 

X. Catherine Sloan, daughter of David and Su- 
san (Majors) Sloan married John P. Benson and had 
the following children. (See Benson line.) 

XI. William Sloan, son of David and Susan (Maj- 
ors) Sloan married Eliza Hackett and had the following 
children : 

Samuel Maverick, the father of Samuel Augustus 
Maverick, Mary Elizabeth (Maverick) — Weyman and 
Thompson and Lydia Ann (Maverick) Van Wyck came to 
Pendleton from Charleston when Pendleton was first 
settled. He became very wealthy and was the largest 
land owner in the United States in his day. He was no 
ordinary man. Gen. Robert Anderson married his wid- 
owed mother. Samuel Augustus Maverick went to 
Texas when a young man, and joined the Texans under 
Houston in their war with Mexico; was taken prisoner 
and was condemned to be shot, but was saved by Gen, 
Waddy Thompson of Greenville, S. C, who was at the 
time Minister to Mexico. He, like his father, Samuel 
Maverick, invested largely in land and in his day was the 
largest land owner in the United States — owning more 
land than his father. 



SAMUEL MAVERICK. 



Was born at Charleston, S. C, December 30th, 1772. 
He was a son of Samuel Maverick, who was the son of 
John or Samuel Maverick, two brothers who came from 
London, England to Carolina among the first settlers 
before Charleston was built. Samuel Maverick, the 
father of the Samuel who was born December 30th, 1772, 
was a soldier of the Revolution ; was taken prisoner by 



108 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

the British and was kept on board a ship of war off New 
York in handcuffs for twelve months. When released 
he walked and begged his bread until he reached home 
in Charleston, S. C. He married Lydia Turpin, and had 
six children all of whom except Samuel, at the head or 
this article, died without issue. Lydia Turpin was the 
daughter of Capt. Joseph and Mary Turpin of Provi- 
dence, R. L Capt. Joseph Turpin and Mary Turpin had 
three children, Joseph, Lydia and William Turpin. Jo- 
seph was the father of Capt. William Turpin of Green- 
ville, S. C, and of Catherine Weyman and Mary Foot- 
man. Catherine Weyman had Mary, Robert and Ed- 
ward. Edward was the father of Joseph T. Weyman 
who married Mary Elizabeth Maverick. Samuel Mav- 
erick married Elizabeth Anderson, daughter of Gen. 
Robert Anderson of Pendleton, S. C. They had three 
children : 

1. Samuel Augustus Maverick. 

IL Mary Elizabeth Maverick. 

HL Lydia Ann Maverick. 

L Samuel Augustus Maverick married Mary 
Adams of Alabama and had Samuel, Lewis, Agatha, 
Augustus and Mary E. Maverick. 

n. Mary Elizabeth Maverick married Joseph T. 
Weyman, her first husband. They had: 

1. Eliza Houston Weyman. 

2. Augustus Maverick Weyman. 

3. Joseph B. Weyman. 

3. Joseph B. Weyman married Emmala Maxwell, 
daughter of Capt. John Maxwell and had two children : 

A. Samuel T. Weyman married Miss Le Fontaine. 

B. Josephine Weyman married Bryan Houston. 

n. Mary Elizabeth Maverick married second time 
Joseph Thompson of Kentucky and had tw^o children: 

1. Josephine Thompson married first, ; 

second, Mr. Hardin. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 109 

2. Samuel Maverick Thompson. 

III. Lydia Ann Maverick, daughter of Sarauel and 
Elizabeth (Anderson) Maverick, married William Van 
Wyck of New York and had: 

1. Dr. Samuel Maverick Van Wyck. 

2. William Van Wyck. 

3. Zeruah Van Wyck. 

4. Augustus Van Wyck. 

5. Robert Anderson Van Wyck. 

6. Lydia Maverick Van Wyck. 

7. Benjamin Stephens Van Wyck — died unmarried. 

1. Dr. Samuel M. Van Wyck married Margaret C. 
Broyles and they have two children : 

A, Samuel Maverick Van Wyck. 

B. Oze Van Wyck. 

A. Samuel M. Van Wyck married Nina Harrison, 
daughter of Gen. J. W. Harrison, and they have seven 
children : 

a. Maverick Van Wyck. 

b. Maggie May Van Wyck, 

c. Sallie Ann Van Wyck. " 

d. Nina Harrison Van Wyck married Julian John- 
son. 

e. Robert Anderson Van Wyck. 

f. Lillie Van Wyck. 

g. Grace Van Wyck. 

B. Oze B. Van Wyck, son of Dr. Samuel M. and 
Margaret (Broyles) Van Wyck, married Mary Elizabeth 
Keith and they have four children: 

a. Wm. Overman Van Wyck. 

b. Lydia Maverick Van Wyck married T. S. Shu- 
ford. 

c. Oze Keith Van Wyck. 

d. Elizabeth Hale Van Wyck. 

2. William Van Wyck, son of Wm. and Lydia Ann 
(Maverick) Van Wyck, married 1st, Mary Battle, Chap- 



110 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

el Hill, N. C, and had one child, Mary Battle Van 
Wyck. Married 2nd time Hallie Early of Baltimore and 
had two children : 

A. Ann Early Van Wyck. 

B. William Van Wyck. 

3. Zeruah Van Wyck, daughter of William and 
Lydia Ann (Maverick) Van Wyck, married Charles 
Banks of New York and they have two children : 

A. Zeruah Banks. 

B. Annie Banks married — 

4. Augustus, son of William and Lydia Ann (Mav- 
erick) Van Wyck married Leila Wilkins of Rich]nond, 
Va.. and they have two children: 

A. William Van Wyck. 

B. Leila Gray Van Wyck married Walker Os- 
borne. 

AugiK'tiis Van Wyck was a Justice of the Supreme 
Court of the City of New York and the democratic can- 
didate for Governor of the State of New York. 

5. Robert Anderson Van Wyck, son cf William 
and Lydia An n (Maverick) Van Wyck is unmarried. He 
was Judge of rhe City Court of New York and the first 
Mayor of Greater New York City. 

fi. Lydia Maverick Van Wyck, daughter of William 
and Lydia Ann (Maverick) Van Wyck married Gen. 
R. F. Hoke of North Carolina and they have four chil- 
dren: 

A. Van Wyck Hoke. 

B. Michael Hoke married Laurie Hardee Harri- 
son. 

C. Lydia M. Hoke married Alexander Webb. 

D. Frances Burton Hoke. 



TAYLOR FAMILY. 



James Taylor of Virginia, son of James Taylor, 
came from England, 1654, married Hannah Williams 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON m 

of Pennsylania and settled on a farm which is now a 
part of Philadelphia, Pa. Upon his death his widow 
and one son, Samuel Taylor, survived him. His wid- 
ow married Mr. Van Swearenger. His son, Samuel 
before the Revolution was an officer in the British army 
but joined the American army and served as captain, 
when he was transferred to the South, and served faith- 
fully to the end of the war, having been promoted to the 
position of colonel. He married Mrs. Eleanor Hudgens, 
nee Cannon. Large tracts of land on Seneca River near 
Pendleton were deeded to him by the Government. He 
died in 1798, and he and his wife were buried on his 
farm now owned by the children of A. F. Lewis. They 
left the following children: 

L John Taylor. 

IL Samuel Taylor. 

IK. William Taylor. 

IV. Joseph Taylor. 

V. Dilly Taylor. 

VI. Elizabeth Taylor. 

The eldest daughter married Gen John Baylis Earle. 
(See Earle family.) 

I. John Taylor, a la'wyer and member of Congress 
from Pendleton, married first, Mary Smith, daughter of 
Judge Smith, and had one child, a daughter, Mary, who 
married a Mr. Calhoun. He moved to Alabama and 
was a member of Congress from that State. His sec- 
ond wife was Miss Fanny Owens of Baltimore, Md. 

II. Samuel married Miss Reese and moved to Ala- 
bama. 

VI. Elizabeth married Bales and moved to Ala- 
bama. 

IV. Joseph, Col. Joseph Taylor, married Nancy 
Sloan, daughter of David and Susanah Sloan. Their 
children were: 

1. Col. David S. Taylor. 



112 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

2. Susan Taylor married Jesse P. Lewis. (See 
Lewis family.) 

3. John Baylis married of Au- 
gusta, Ga., and moved to Texas, 

4. Dr. Joseph Taylor married — moved to Mar- 
shall, Texas. 

5. Samuel Taylor married — moved to Texas. 

6. Ellen C. Taylor married Mr. Wm. Poe. (See 
Foe family.) 

7. Dr. William S. Taylor married Virginia Hol- 
combe of Mobile, Alabama and moved to Alabama. 

2, Col. David S. Taylor married Lucy Hannah 
Taliaferro and had the following children: 

A. Zachariah T. Taylor. 

B. Rosa A. Taylor. 

C. Joseph D. Taylor. 

D. Lucy C. Taylor. 

E. Susan Ann Taylor. 

F. Samuel J. Taylor — died in army unmarried. 

G. David S. Taylor. 

H. John Carter Taylor — died unmarried. 

L Wm. B. Taylor — died unmarried. 

J. Ernest M. Taylor. 

K. Edward W. Taylor. 

A. Zachariah T. Taylor, son of David S. and Lucy 
H. Taylor, married Mary Merriwether and had the fol- 
lowing children: 

a. Mary Rosa Taylor married Lou De Yampert. 

b. Zack T. Taylor married Alma Rogers. 

c. Joseph P. Taylor — married. 

d. David S. Taylor, married Rebecca De Yam- 
pert. 

e. James M. Taylor married Sallie Tupper. 

f. Wm. S. Taylor unmarried. 

g. Samuel J. Taylor married Sallie Tucker. 

h. Gertrude Taylor married Prue Benson of Ab- 
beville, S. C. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 113 

B. Rosa A. Taylor, daughter of Col. David S. and 
Hannah Taylor married Dr. ' Daniel D. Bacot and had 
the following children : 

a. David Taylor Bacot. 

b. Laura D. Bacot. 

a. David Taylor Bacot married Florence Norton 
of Virginia and had the following children: 

la. D. Norborne Bacot married Daisy Marshall. 

2a. Florence Bacot. 

3a. George Bacot. 

4a. Rosalie Bacot. 

b. Laura D. Bacot married Paul T. Jenkins and 
had the following children: 

la. Paul Jenkins. 

2a. Daniel Jenkins. 

3a. Ada Jenkins. 

4a. Rosamond Jenkins. 

C. Joseph D. Taylor, son of David S. and Lucy H. 
Taylor married Ellen King and had the following chil- 
dren: 

a. Ellineta Taylor married Wm, Henry Heyward. 

b. Lucia Taylor married Moultrie Clement. 

c. Pauline Taylor — died unmarried. 

d. Taliaferro Taylor married Anna Cuthbert. 

e. Gordon H. Taylor married Alma Melchers. 

a. Ellenita Taylor, daughter of Joseph D. and 
Ellen Taylor married Wm. Henry Heyward and had the 
following children : 

la. Taliaferro Taylor Heyward. 

2a. Helen Taylor Heyward. 

D. Lucy C. Taylor, daughter of Col. David S. and 
Lucy H. Taylor married R. Edmund Belcher and had 
one son, Robert E. Belcher who married Miss Ligon, 

E. Susan Ann Taylor, daughter of Col. David S. 
and Lucy H. Taylor, married Capt. Edward L, Parker, 



114 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

and had one child, Sue Parker, who married Cuthbert 
Fripp. 

F. David S. Taylor, son of Col. David S. and Lucy 
H. Taylor, married Bessie Rucker, and had the follow- 
ing children : 

a. Marion Taylor married John Ligon. 

b. Lucia Taylor married W. A. liudgens. 

c. Eubank Taylor, 

d. Rucker Taylor, 

e. Frank Taylor, 

J. Ernest M. Taylor, son of Col. David S, and Lucy 
H, Taylor married Mary Bacot and had the following 
children : 

a, Ernest Taylor, 

b, Louise Taylor, 

c, Leila Taylor married Stephen Prevost, 

d, Richard Taylor, 

K, Edward W, Taylor, son of Col. David S. and 
Lucy H, Taylor, married Annie Bacot, and had one son, 
David Samuel Taylor, 



DICKINSON FAMILY. 



I. Francis W. Dickinson, a lawyer of Charleston, 
S, C, married Rachel Miles (old Mrs,) Dickinson, as 
lovely a woman as ever lived in Pendleton,) They had 
the following children : 

1, Jeremiah Dickinson married Adaline E, Legare. 

2, Susan Dickinson, 

3, Rachel K. Dickinson married James F. Green, 

4, Sarah Dickinson married Dr. Lawrence Lee, 

1, Jeremiah and Adaline E. Dickinson had the 
following children: 

A. Francis W. Dickinson. 

B. Adaline E. Dickinson — unmarried. 

C. Susan L, Dickinson — unmarried. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 115 

D. Caroline C. Dickinson. 

E. J. Hamilton Dickinson married. 

F. Rachel M. Dickinson married. 

D. Caroline C. Dickinson, daughter of Jeremiah 
and Adaline E. Dickinson, married Maj. J. J. Lewis and 
had two children : 

a. Sue Ellen Lewis married J. Lee Carpenter. 

b. Nina D. Lewis married Wm. S. Hunter. 

a. Sue Ellen (Lewis) Carpenter and J. Lee Car- 
penter have the following children: 

la. Ellen S. Carpenter. 
■ 2a. Lewis Carpenter'. ( 
3a. Nina Carpenter. 

b. Nina D. (Lewis) and Wm. S. Hunter have the 
following children : 

la. Carry L. Hunter. 
2a. Ellen Hunter. 
3a. Annie Hunter. 

3. Rachel K. Dickinson, daughter of Francis W. 
and Rachel W. Dickinson, married Capt. Jas. F. Green 
and had one child, Lawrence Lee Green, who, married 
Mary Clement and they have two children : 

a. Charles Green. 

b. May Green married Mr. Grant. 

4. Sarah Dickinson, daughter of Francis W. and 
Rachel W. Dickinson, married Dr. Lawrence Lee and 
had four children: 

A. Francis W. Lee married Miss Thompson. 

B. Susan D. Lee. 

C. Elizabeth Lee married Wm. D. Gaillard. 

D. J. Moultrie Lee married Harriet Bruce. 

A. Francis W. Lee married Sarah Thompson and 
had the following children: 

a. Lawrence Lee. 

b. Margaret Lee. 



116 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

c. Francis W. Lee. 

d. Lillian Lee. 

C. Elizabeth Lee married Wm. D. Gaillard and 
they have the following children: 

a. Elizabeth Gaillard. 

b. Wm. Gaillard. 

c. Lawrence Gaillard. 

d. Theodore Gaillard. 

e. Prioleau Gaillard. 

f. Susan Gourdin Gaillard. 

D. J. Moultrie Lee married Harriet Bruce and they 
had the following children: 

a. Cornelia Lee. 

b. Lawrence Lee. 

c. J. Moultrie Lee. 



COL. DAVID K. HAMILTON. 



Thomas Hamilton was a soldier of the Revolution un- 
der Sumter, and was the first Elder of Carmel Presby- 
terian Church where he w^s buried. He married Annie 
Kennedy, herself a Revolutionary heroine. During the 
war a band of Tories came to her house and found her 
spinning flax. One of the Torie? attempted to set fire 
to the flax, whereupon a struggle began, she seized him 
and he placed the chunk of fire against her wTist to 
force her to let him go, but she then caught him by the 
coat collar and the seat of his pants and pitched him in- 
to the yard. He then started to shoot her, but the 
others were so much amused they interfered to prevent 
him. She carried the scar on her wrist to her grave. 
This good woman lies buried in the family graveyard, 
on the land now owned by T. S. Glenn. 

Thomas Hamilton and his wife Annie K. Hamilton 
were the father and mother of Col. David K. Hamilton. 
Colonel Hamilton was a soldier under Jackson in 1812. 
After his return home he married Jane E. Walker. By 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 117 

this marriage Colonel Hamilton had four daughters and 
one son: 

A. Louisa A. Hamilton married Rev. G. W. Boggs 
and died childless. 

B. Martha Jane Hamilton married Thos. H. Rus- 
sell. 

C. Mary E. Hamilton married W. N. Martin. 

D. Matilda Hamilton married Benjamin Pooser. 

E. Thomas W. Hamilton died unmarried. 

B. Martha Jane Hamilton married Thomas H. 
Russell and raised twelve children, namely : 

a. David H. Russell was school commissioner and 
member of the Constitutional Convention from Anderson 
County. 

b. Thomas W. Russell. 

c. William W. Russell. 

d. Edw. A. Russell. 

e. Geo. W. Russell. 

f. Benjamin F. Russell. 

g. Emma Russell. 

h. Mary Russell and Marion Augustus (twins.) 
i. John A. Russell. 

j. Louisa A. Russell and Matilda A. Russell 
(twins). 

Col. David K, Hamilton was a prominent man in his 
day, and was Colonel of the Regiment of Cavalry that 
had camp musters at Old Pickensville and was among 
the first members of the Pendleton Farmers' Society, 

At one time he with others was summoned as a posse 
by E.B.Benson, then sheriff, to arrest a noted desperado 
one, Corbin. Corbin was killed and Sheriff Benson and 
the members of his posse were tried for murder. They 
were defended by Armisted Burt and Joseph N. Whitner 
(Judge) and were acquitted. 

(Furnished by D. H. Russell.) 



118 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

JAMES DAWSON SMITH. 



Came to Pendleton from Greenville when a young 
man and was for many years a successful merchant. Ke 
early volunteered in the Confederate service and served 
through the whole war. Died in 1896 and was buried 
in the Baptist cemetery at Pendleton. In 1858 he mar- 
ried Mary Jane Bates, and had nine children, two of 
whom died in infancy. The living are namely: 

I. Ella Smith. 

II. Mamie Smith. 

III. William Hovey Smith. 

IV. J. Dawson Smith, Jr. 

VI. Hattie Smith. 

VII. Gordon L. Smith, unmarried. 

I. Ella Smith married Wm. S. Brown, of Anderson, 
and had two children, Joel E. Brown and Irene V. Brown. 

II. Mamie married first, C. V. Bostic, of North 
Carolina, and had one child,' J. V. Bostic. Married sec- 
ond time, J. E. Sitton, and, dying, left two children, 
Macie Sitton and Glennella Sitton. 

III. Wm. Hovey Smith married Lollie J. Gilmore, 
and died leaving one child, Mary Lollie Smith. 

IV. J. Dawson Smith, Jr., married Lena J. Russell 
and they have four children, Marion R. Smith, Robert 
Smith, Alice Smith and Lena Smith. 

VI. Hattie Smith married Harry A. Sloan and they 
have the following children : Sunie M. Sloan, Elise M., 
Harry A., Jr., and Paul Earle Sloan. 



JAMES T. LATTA. 



A son of James Latta, of Yorkvill?, was born in 
1872, graduated at Yale College, and married Angela 
Lott, of New Jersey, 1850, and shortly thereafter moved 
to Pendleton and purchased from Dr. 0. R. Broyles the 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 119 

Plantation now owned by Francis J. Pelzer. James T. 
Latta died near the end of the Confederate war. During 
his comparatively short life he was in feeble health, and 
as he was not able to volunteer for service, he contributed 
largely from his private means to the Confederate gov- 
ernment and to the hospitals. Mrs. Latta was a beauti- 
ful and lovely woman, and in her elegant home entertain- 
ed her friends with whole souled hospitality, cou- 
pled with such simplicity, dignity and refinement that 
won the love and respect of all who had the pleasure 
of associating with her. 

James T. Latta and his wife Angela (Lott) Latta 
had four children, one daughter Angela, who died in 
Europe and three sons : 

I. Edward Dilworth Latta. 

IL Wm. Latta died unmarried. 

in. Walter Latta died unmarried. 

I. Edward Dilworth Latta, the only survivor of 
the family, married Hattie Nisbet, of Macon, Ga., and 
now resides in Charlotte, N. C, and they have three 
children, namely: 

1. Marion Nisbet Latta. 

2. Edward D. Latta, Jr. 

3. Janet Acton Latta. 

Mr. and Mrs. Latta and their two sons are buried 
in the Episcopal cemetery at Pendleton. 



REV. W. H. HANCKEL. 



Son of Rev. Christian and Ann Stuart Hanckel, 
moved to Pendleton and purchased the Flat Rock farm, 
formerly the home of Colonel Hayne. Married Eliza- 
beth Clark and they have the following children : 

I. William Hanckel died in infancy. 

II. Henry Hanckel died in infancy. 

III. Alfred Hanckel died unmarried. 



120 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

IV. Christian Hanckel married Arna E. White 

V. Lilly Hanckel, unmarried. 

IV. Christian Hanckel married Anaia E. White 
and has the following children: 

1. Richard W. Hanckel. 

2. Elizabeth C. Hanckel. 

3. Mary G. Hanckel married Marvin Franks. 

4. Christine E. Hanckel. 

5. William H. Hanckel. 

6. Annie E. Hanckel. 

7. Emily G. Hanckel. 

8. Alfred S. Hanckel. 

3. Mary G. Hanckel married Marvin Franks of 
Laurens, S. C. The others are unmarried. 



SAMUEL HALL. 



Came from Ireland and settled in Pendleton early 
in its history. He had four children, namely: 

I. Yancy Hall. 

II. Rebecca Hall. 

III. Julia Hall. 

IV. John Calvin Hall married, first, Nancy Mul- 
ligan and had one child, Edward McD. Hall, a soldier 
in the Confederate war, and died from wounds in Vir- 
gina. Married second, Lucinda Mulligan and had eleven 
children : 

1. Lucy Hall married Till Powers. 

2. Amanda Hall married Crenshaw. 

3. Josephine Hall married C. D. Madden, 

4. Mary Hall married Thos, Traynham. 

5. J. C. Hall married Elizabeth Moore. 

6. J. S. Hall married Florence Mulligan. 

7. Samuel P. Hall married Lou Crenshaw. 

8. Andrew C. Hall died. 

9. W. Y. Hall married Ophelia Summers. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 121 

10. Hadden Hall, unmarried. 

11. Pink Hall, unmarried. 

5. J. C. Hall and his wife, Elizabeth (Moore) Hall 
had six children. 

A. W. E. Hall married Miss Evatt. 

B. J. C. Hall, Jr., Married. 

C. James S. Hall. 

D. Henry L. Hall. 

E. Florence Hall married Brooks Cooper. 

F. Emma Hall. 

6. J. S. Hall married Florence Mulligan and they 
have the following children : 

A. Prue Hall. 

B. Doyle Hall. 

7. S. P. Hall married Lou Crenshaw and had eight 
children : 

A. Hattie Hall married Oscar Kay. 

B. Bernice Hall. 

C. Marvin M. Hall. 

D. Clarence Hall. 

E. Grover Hall. 

F. Wilton Hall. 

G. Arthur Hall. 
H. Alice Hall. 



REV. THOS. L. McBRYDE. 



Son of John and Lucy Livingston McBryde, grad- 
uated at the University of Georgia and at the Theological 
Seminary at Columbia, S. C. Married Mary Williamson 
McClerky. Soon after his marriage he. and his wife 
went as missionaries to China in 1840. After three 
years they had to return on account of Mr. McBryde's 
health. Mr. McBryde and' his devoted wife spent their 
lives doing good and were loved and respected as are but 
few in this world. He and his wife are buried at the 



122 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

Old Stone Church. He left surviving him nine children : v 

I. Sarah Boon McBryde. 

n. Lucy Newton McBryde — unmarried. 

UL Rev. John T. McBryde. 

IV. Jeanie McBryde. 

V. Agnes Law McBryde. 

VI. Fannie L. McBryde. 
VIL Lizzie M. McBryde. 

VIII. Elizabeth Adger McBryde. 

IX. Randell W. McBryde. 

I. Sarah Boon McBryde married William Gaillard 
Jenkins and died leaving nine children, all of whom are 
married except Nannie. They are as follows: 

1. Thomas McB. Jenkins. 

2. Jane G. Jenkins. 

3. Mary W. Jenkins. 

4. Lucy McB. Jenkins. 

5. Margaret H. Jenkins. 

6. Joseph Wardlaw Jenkins. 

7. Laurens S. Jenkins. 

8. Nannie M. Jenkins. 

III. Rev. John T. McBryde married, first, Frances 
Hutson — no issue; married second, Ada Dickinson and 
had one child who died in infancy; third, Sarah Chappel 
— no issue. 

IV. Jeanie McBryde married Rev. James A. Mc- 
Lees — no issue. 

V. Agnes Law McBryde married Rev. Hugh W. 
McLees and had three children, namely: 

1. Mary B. McLees married A. L. Blake. 

2. Sophronia H. McLees marred C. L. Link. 

3. Hugh L. McLees — unmarried. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 123 

ADGER FAMILY . 



James Adger, native of Moneynick, A.ntrim County, 
Ireland, married Sarah E. Ellison, of South Carolina, 
resided in Charleston and amassed a large fortune. He 
had the following children : 

L Margaret M. Adger married Rev. Thos. M. 
Smyth, D. D. 

IL Susan D. Adger — unmarried. 

IIL John B. Adger. D. D., married Elzabeth K. 
Shrewsbury. 

IV. James Adger — never married. 

V. Robert Adger married Jane E. Fleming. 

VI. William Adger married Margaret H. Moffett. 

VII. Sarah Adger — never married. 

VIII. Jane Adger — never married. 

IX. Joseph Ellison Adger married Susan C. John- 
son. 

I. Margaret M. (Adger) Smythe was the mother 
of Maj. A. T. Smythe who owns a large stock farm near 
Pendleton and resides there a part of each year, and of 
Ellison A. Smythe, the president of the Pelzer Mills. 

III. John B. Adger, D. D., resided for many years 
in Pendleton and was a distinguished divine of the Pres- 
byterian Church. Both he and his wife are now dead, 
and only three children survive them. Mrs. D. Mullally, 
Mrs. Anna Neal and Miss Susan D. Adger, who owns and 
resides at her father's homestead in Pendleton. 

V. Robert Adger resided for years at Rivoli near 
Pendleton; some tirqe after the war he returned to 
Charleston. While residing at Pendleton one daughter, 
Sarah E. Adger, married William Dalton Warren, who 
owned and resided at the place now owned by F. J. Pel- 
zer. William Dalton Warren and Sarah E. (Adger) 
Warren had two children : 

1. Jane Warren married John B. Adger, son of 
J. Ellison Adger. 



124 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

2. Anna M. Warren — unmarried. 

After the death of his wife he married the second 
time Jane Pendleton Dandridge, daughter of Alexander 
Spotswood Dandridge, M. D. By this marriage he has 
no children. 

VI. William Adger married Miss Margaret Moffett 
and had nine children. William Adger died and his 
widow and children moved to Pendleton and resided at 
Duncan, which place she sold to Mrs. John C. Calhoun. 
The family now resides in Spartanburg. 

IX. Joseph E. Adger and wife, Susan C. (Johnson) 
Adger resided at Woodburn, now owneci by Maj. A. T. 
Smythe, his nephew. They had twelve children. Mr. 
Adger and his boys donned the red shirt in 1876 and 
took an active part in the redemption of the State from 
negro rule. Some time after this he and family returned 
to Charleston. His son John married Jane Warren, 
daughter of William Dalton Warren, and is now presi- 
dent of a large enterprise near Belton, S. C. 

Robert Adger subscribed largely to the Confederate 
government, and at the beginning of the war gave many 
thousand dollars for beef which was pickled at Pendleton 
for the soldiers. 



BOWEN FAMILY. 



0. A. Bowen, son of Capt. George Bowen, of Laurens 
County, S. C, married Clarissa W. Adger, a daughter 
of Robert Adger, and owned and resided at Ashtabula 
near Pendleton, which is now owned by F. J. Pelzer. 
He afterward bought Rivoli, the former home of his 
father-in-law, Robert Adger. After Mr. Bowen's death, 
Mrs. Bowen and family removed to Georgia. 0. A. 
Bowen and wife, Clarissa W. (Adger) Bowen have four 
living children : 

1. 0. A. Bowen, Jr., married Mary Taylor, daugh- 
ter of Geo. E. Taylor. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 125 

IL Robt. Adger Bowen — unmarried. 

III. Jane E. Bowen married Frank E. Taylor, son 
of George Taylor. 

IV. George Bowen married Florida Bethel. 

II. 0. A. Bowen, Jr., and his wife Mary (Taylor) 
Bowen have five children. 

1. O. A. Bowen, Jr. 

2. Edwin T. Bowen. 

3. Robt. Adger Bowen. 

4. M. Evelyn Bowen — dead. 

5. Catherine S. Bowen. 

III. Jane E. Bowen and her husband, Frank E. 
Taylor have three children : 

1. Frank E. Taylor, Jr. 

2. Clarissa W. Taylor. 

3. Jane Adger Taylor. 



JENKINS. 



Dr. William Seabrook Jenkins married Susan M. 
Ogier. She died and left one daughter — Susan M. Jen- 
kins. 

1. Susan M. Jenkins married George Thomas An- 
derson, a grandson of Gen. Robert Anderson. She had 
several children, one of whom was Robert Anderson at 
one time reading clerk in the South Carolina legisla- 
ture. Robt. Anderson died and left several children, 
names unknown to me. 

Dr. William Seabrook Jenkins married the second 
time, Keith Ogier, sister of his first wife, and by this 
marriage had one son. Dr. W. L. Jenkins for many years 
a practicing physician at Pendleton. 

1. Dr. W. Y. Jenkins married Jane H. Gaillard and 
had six children : 

1. Wm. G. Jenkins married Sallie McBryde. 



126 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

2. Thomas O. Jenkins married Mary Sloan — no is- 
sue. 

3. Robert M. Jenkins married Ann Gaillard. 

4. Henry H. Jenkins — unmarried. 

5. Florence A. Jenkins married J. E. Wofford. 

6. Mary J. Jenkins — unmarried. 

1. W. G. Jenkins and wife, Sallie McBryde Jen- 
kins had nine children : 

A. Thomas McBryde Jenkins. 

B. Jane G. Jenkins. 

C. Mary Jenkins. 

D. Wm. L. Jenkins, Jr. 

E. Lucy McB. Jenkins. 

F. J. W. Jenkins. 

G. Margaret H. Jenkins. 
H. Laurens S. Jenkins. 
L Nanny M. Jenkins. 

J. 

3. Robt. M. Jenkins and wife, Ann (Gaillard) Jen- 
kins have seven children: 

A. Robt. G. Jenkins. 

B. L. C. Jenkins. 

C. Eliza P. Jenkins. 

D. A. Louise Jenkins. 

E. Mary C. Jenkins. 

F. C. B. Jenkins. 

G. Turner G. Jenkins. 

5. Florence A. Jenkins and her husband, J. E. Wof- 
ford have two children : 

A. John E. Wofford, Jr. 

B, Wm. Jenkins Wofford. 

L Dr. Wm. L. Jenkins married second time Anna 
R, Gaillard and by this marriage had three children: 

1. Anna M. Jenkins — unmarried. 

2. John G. Jenkins married. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 127 

3. Susan M. Jenkins married Jas. H, Gaillard — no 
issue. 

Dr. Wm. Seabrook Jenkins married the second time 
Jane Keith Ogier. He died and his widow married John 
B. Ferrell and had five children, namely: 

I. Martha Ogier Ferrell married Chauncy Stevens. 

n. Louis O. Ferrell. 

in. John B. Ferrell. 

IV. Jane K. Ferrell married George G. Matthews. 

V. Charlotte M. Ferrell. 

I. Martha Ogier Ferrell married Chauncy Stev- 
ens and had the following children: 

1. William Stevens. 

2. Elizabeth Stevens. 

3. Janie Stevens. 

4. Sarah Stevens. 

5. Carrie Stevens. 

6. Ella Stevens. 

7. Thomas Stevens. 

8. Lucius Stevens. 

9. Mattie Stevens. 

10. Kate Stevens. 



DAVANT FAMILY. 



Richard James Davant married Evylin Judith Cher- 
ry. Among others born of this marriage was Dr. 
Charles Davant. 

1, Dr. Charles Davant was twice married, first to 
Mary H. Bostick, daughter of Wm. Mann Bostick. They 
had the following children: 

1. Evylin Cherry Davant married C. J. Porter. 

2. Mary Bostick Davant — unmarried. 

3. Laura Elmore Davant — unmarried. 

4. William Bostick Davant married Miss Clarke. 



128 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

1. Evylin Cherry Davant and her husband, C. J. 
Porter, have the following children : 

A. May Porter. 

B. Clarence Porter. 

C. Charles Porter. 

D. James Porter. 

Dr. Charles Davant married second time, Mary But- 
ler Pickens, daughter of Col. Thomas J. Pickens. By 
this marriage he had no issue. 



POE FAMILY. 



Ellen C. Taylor, a daughter of Col. Joseph and 
Nancy (Sloan) Taylor, (See Sloan family) married Mr. 
William Poe, and removed from Pendleton. After Mr. 
Poe's death Mrs. Poe returned to Pendleton. Mrs. Poe 
was an uncommon woman. Left a widow with a fam- 
ily of small children, she portrayed her excellent moth- 
erly qualities by raising and educating a family of chil- 
dren honored and esteemed for many admirable qual- 
ities. The writer knew Mrs. Poe well, and if space would 
permit would take pleasure in putting on record his high 
regard for this good, true and lovable woman. Wm. 
Poe and Ellen C. (Taylor) Poe had the following chil- 
dren: 

I. Wm. Poe — never married. Died from wounds 
secured in battle. 

II. Ellen M. Poe married Dr. G. H. Symmes. (See 
Symmes Family.) 

III. Azalia J. Poe married Dr. James Mayes. 
(See Mayes Family.) 

IV. Nanny T. Poe married D. B. Sloan. (See 
Sloan Family.) 

V. J. Taylor Poe married Nela Taylor of Mobile, 
Ala. 

VI. Nelson C. Poe married Nanny Crawford. 



^ HISTORY OF PENDLETON 129 

VII. Frank W. Poe married Hattie Maxwell. 

VIII. Hal T. Poe married Dora Sloan. 

VI. Nelson C. Poe married Nanny Crawford, 
daughter of James W. Crawford and they have three 
children : 

1. Nelson C. Poe, Jr. 

2. Ellen Poe. 

3. Wilkins Poe. 

VII. Frank W. Poe and Hattie (Maxwell) Poe had 
ilve children : 

1. Eugenia M. Poe — unmarried. 

2. Harriet A. Poe — unmarried. 

3. Zadie Poe — unmarried. 

4. Lucy Poe — unmarried. 

5. Frank W. Poe, Jr. — unmarried. 

VIII. Hal T. Poe married Dora Sloan, daughter of 
B. Frank Sloan and had five children: 

1. Harris T. Poe — unmarried. 

2. Nell Poe — unmarried. 

3. Baylis S. Poe — unmarried. 

4. Thomas Poe — unmarried. 

5. Dora Poe — unmarried. 



THE EARLE FAMILY. 



This family has been distinguished from its first 
advent into South Carolina and its descendants have 
intermarried extensively with other prominent families. 
So numerous are the members of this family it is im- 
possible to give a complete genealogy of them, but as 
many of them are identified with Pendleton by mar- 
riage and otherwise I am compelled to set out only 
those branches of the family as are connected with the 
history of Pendleton. 

The Earles came from England in the early history 
of this country and settled in Virginia. John Earle of 




130 HISTORY OF PENDLETON . -/ ^lo^OJ- 

Westmoreland, Va., and wife, Mary, had three children : 
Samuel, John, and Mary Earle. Sam Earle, the first, 
had a son, Sam Earle, second. Sam Earle, second, had 
a son Sam, third, and Hannah and Elizabeth. Sam 
Earle, third, married first time Ann Sorrell ; married sec- 
ond time, E. Holbrook and by the second marriage had 
two sons, (John and Baylis). John Earle, son of Sam, 
third, and his wife E. Holbrook, married Miss Prince and 
had three sons. Gen. John Baylis, Washington and Joe 
Berry Earle. Gen. John Baylis married Ellen Taylor, 
daughter of Maj. Samuel Taylor and sister of Col. Jo- 
seph Taylor and had the following children : 

Mary Earle married Purvis. 

Eliza Earle married B. F. Sloan. 

Sarah Earle married Maj. George Seaborne. 

Jack Earle — unmarried — killed in Texas war. 

Paul Earle — unmarried — surgeon in Navy — lost at 
sea. 

Dr. Sam Earle married Harriet Wright. 

Dr. Baylis Earle moved to Texas. 

Joe Earle moved to Alabama. 

Washington Earle, son of Sam, third, brother of 
Gen. John Baylis Earle, married Elizabeth Earle, 
daughter of Col. Elias Earle and had children, one of 
whom married Dr. Wm. Robinson and another married 
Amanda, daughter of E. B. Benson, and he had a son, 
Dr. G. W. Earle — one daughter married W. L. Yancy. 

Baylis, son of Sam, third, and E. Holbrook his 
wife, and brother of John, married Miss Prince and had 
one son. 

Samuel fourth (Blinky Sam) Earle. 

Samuel (Blink) Earle married Harriet Harrison 
and had the following children : 

Mary Earle married R. A. Maxwell. (See Max- 
well family.) 

Elizabeth Earle married Capt. John Maxwell. (See 
Maxwell Family.) 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 131 

Harriet Earle married Elias Edrle. 

Miriam Earle married Mayes. (See Mayes 

Family.) 

Judge Baylis Earle — never married. 
One daughter married Dr. J. W. Lewis. 
One daughter married Thos. Harrison. 
Sam Earle moved to Marietta, Ga. 
Edward Earle moved to Marietta, Ga. 

Col. Elias Earle, son of Samuel Earle, third, and 
his first wife, Ann Sorrell, married Frances Melton Rob- 
inson and subsequently moved to Centerviile, S. C. His 
children were: 

Frances Melton Earle married Tillinghast. 

Elizabeth A. married George Washington. They 
had a son, Elias D. Earle, who married a Miss Hayns- 
worth and had three sons. Judge and U. S. Senator J. 
H. Earle, Dr. T. T. Earle and George W. Earle. 

Nancy Earle married McClanahan. 

Sarah Earle married James Harrison of Anderson- 
ville. 

Robinson Earle married Eliza Thompson, sister of 
Waddy Thompson. 

B. John Baylis Earle married. 

Elias Earle married Harriet Earle, daughter of 
Samuel (Blinky) Earle. 

Elias Earle and Harriet Earle, his wife, had the 
following children : 

Miriam Earle married Thos. B. Lee. 

Mary Earle married Joe Berry Sloan son of B. F. 
Sloan and vdfe, (Eliza Earle) Sloan. 

Florence Earle married Dr. James H. Thornwell. 

E. P. Earle married Nettie Harrison, daughter of 
Col. F. E. Harrison of Andersonville. 

Fannie Earle — never married. 

Wilton Earle — never married and was killed in 
battle. 



132 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

Mary Earle ma'rried Joe Berry Sloan and had two 
children. (See Sloan Family, B. F. Sloan.) 

John Baylis Earle, son of Elias D. Earle of Center- 
ville, married and had daughters : 

One married Maj. Joseph Adams, son of Dr. Jas- 
per Adams of Pendleton. He had one son, Quincy 
Adams. 

One married Dr. Cooley, and after his death J. S. 
Fowler. 

One married Judge and U. S. Senator Joseph H. 
Earle. 

Dr. Robinson Earle, son of Elias D. Earle of Center- 
ville and wife, Eliza Thompson, had the following chil- 
dren : Elias, killed in the Mexican War ; Harrison ; Dr. 
James W. Earle ; Thompson Earle ; Henrietta Earle mar- 
ried Col. James Irby, father of J. L. M. Irby, U. S. Sen- 
ator; Corry; Carry; and Emily Earle. Dr. Robinson 
Earle was killed by Wm. L. Yancy. 



ZACHARIAH TALIAFERRO. 



Zachariah Taliaferro was born in Amherst County, 
Virginia, in 1759. At the early age of eighteen he be- 
came a private soldier in the War of the Revolution, and 
was a faithful soldier to the end of the war, so says a 
number of well known Virginia gentlemen who signed 
the required recommendation to obtain permission to 
practice law in South Carolina. After the war he stua-. 
ied law, and was admitted to practice in the courts ol 
Virginia, but soon thereafter removed to South Carolina, 
and settled on the head waters of Three and Twenty 
Mile Creek near Pickensville, where he practiced law 
until the courts at that place were abolished in 1800. 
In 1802 he returned to Virginia and married Miss Mar- 
garet Chew Carter, a daughter of John Carter and Han- 
nah Chew, his wife of Caroline County, Virginia. After 
the removal of the Court House from Pickensville he 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 133 

removed and settled on the homestead, three miles east 
of Pendleton, and continued to practice law at Pendle- 
ton until 1826 when the District of Pendleton was di- 
vided. He died in 1831 and was buried in the family 
grave-yard on his homestead which he devised to his 
daughter, Margaret M. Taliaferro, who married Maj. 
R. F, Simpson and they continued to reside thereon until 
their death, and both were buried in the family grave- 
yard. Other members of his family, including Col. 
Benjamin Taliaferro, settled on Broad River in Georgia. 
Zachariah Taliaferro and Margaret Chew (Carter) Tai- 
iaferro, his wife, left surviving them four daughters: 

I. Sarah A. Taliaferro married Dr. 0. R. Broyles. 

n. Lucy Hannah Taliaferro married Col. David S. 
Taylor, son of Joseph and Nancy Taylor, 

HL Mary Margaret Taliaferro married Maj. Rich- 
ard F. Simpson. 

IV. Caroline Virginia Taliaferro married Dr. H. 
C. Miller. 



BROYLES FAMILY. 



I. Sarah A. Taliaferro married Dr. 0. R. Broyles. 
They resided for a time on Beaver Dam, Anderson Coun- 
ty, then removed to Pendleton and purchased and resided 
for years at the home now owned by F. J. Pelzer. This 
place they sold to James T. Latta and then moved to the 
Town of Anderson, and died there and are both buriea 
in Silver Brook Cemetery. They had the following 
children : 

1. Augusta Taliaferro Broyles, never married, was 
a distinguished lawyer and is buried in Silver Broox 
Cemetery. 

2. Charles Edward Broyles married Lucy Johnson, 
second. He too was a lawyer of distinction. Was col- 
onel in Confederate War, and now resides in Coloratio 
with his second wife. 



3 34 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

3. Zachariah Broyles — died unmarried. 

4. Wm. Henry Broyles married Rebecca Taliafer- 
ro. 

5. Margaret Caroline Broyles married Dr. Sam 
M. VanWyck. 

6. Dr. Robt. Broyles married Ella Keith of Char- 
leston. 

7. Sarah Ann Broyles married Wm. D. Williams 
of Greenville, Tenn. 

8. Dr. Thomas T. Broyles married first Mary Rain- 
ey; second, Bettie Harrison. 

9. John P. Broyles married Bettie Hubbard. 

2. Charles Edward and wife, Lucy Johnson Broyles 

had the following children: 

A. Charles Broyles. 

B. Laura Broyles married Dr. Boyd. 

C. Sarah Broyles married Dr. Boyd. 

D. Frank Broyles. 

E. Robt. Broyles. 

F. Price Broyles. 

4. Wm. Henry and wife, Rebecca (Taliaferro) 
Broyles had the following children : 

A. Minnie Broyles married John Lockhart. 

B. Jeffie Broyles married Tom Lockhart. 

C. Gussie Broyles married Tom Middlebrook. 

D. Rebecca Broyles married John Clark. 

E. Charles Broyles married Hallie Schille. 

F. Bruer Broyles married Annie Walker. 

G. Oze Broyles married Mamie Little. 
H. John Broyles — unmarried. 

5. Margaret Caroline Broyles married Dr. Sam 
VanWyck, son of Wm. and Lydia Ann Maverick Van 
Wyck. Dr. VanWyck was surgeon to Forrest's regi- 
ment and was killed in Confederate War. They had 
the following children : 

A. Sam Maverick VanWyck. 

B. Oze B. VanWyck. (See VanWyck Family). 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 135 

6. Dr. Robt. Broyles married Ella Keith and they 
had the following children : 

A. Mattie Broyles. 

B. Taliaferro Broyles — died. 

C. Robt. Broyles — killed on railroad. 

D. Keith Broyles. 

E. Mary Broyles. 

7. Sarah Ann Broyles married Wm. D. Williams 
of Tennessee and had the following children: 

A. Wm. D. Williams, Jr. — unmarried. 

B. Lucian Williams — died unmarried. 

C. Margaret Williams — died unmarried. 

D. John Q. Williams — unmarried. 

E. Minnie Williams — unmarried. 

F. Zae Williams — unmarried. 

8. Dr. Thos. T. Broyles marriied first, Mary Rainy; 
second, Bettie Harrison and had the following chil- 
dren: 

(No data.) 

9. John P. and wife, Bettie (Hubbard) Broyles 
have the following children: 

A. Augustus T. Broyles, Jr. — unmarried. 

B. John P. Broyles, Jr. — unmarried. 

C. Douglass Broyles — unmarried. 

D. Zae Broyles — unmarried. 

I. Lucy Hannah Taliaferro, daughter of Zachariah 
and Margaret Chew (Carter) Taliaferro, married Col. 
David S. Taylor, son of Col. Joseph Taylor and Nancy 
Taylor, his wife, and had the following children. (See 
Taylor Family.) 



SIMPSON FAMILY. 



III. Mary Margaret Taliaferro, third daughter of 
Zachariah and Margaret Chew (Carter) Taliaferro 
married Maj. Richard F. Simpson of Laurens, S. C. 



136 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

Maj. Simpson was Major of a battalion of cavalry in 
the Seminole War in Florida, was State Senator from 
Laurens County — was member of U. S. Congress for 
three terms, beginning 1842 or 1849 — was a member 
of the South Carolina Secession Convention from An- 
derson County. He was a son of Col. John and Mary 
(Wells) Simpson of Laurens County. After nis mar- 
riage to Miss Taliaferro in 1836 he resided on the home 
place of Zachariah Taliaferro and he and his wife are 
buried in the family burial ground on the plantation 
on which he resided, the same having been devised to 
his wife, Margaret, by her father, Zachariah Taliaferro. 
They had the following children: 

1. Taliaferro Simpson — unmarried. Killed at 
Battle of Chickamauga, Ga. His remains were buried 
at the old family cemetery by the side of his father 
and mother. 

2. Richard W. Simpson married Maria Louise 
Garlington, daughter of John and Susan Washington 
(James) Garlington of Laurens, S. C. 

3. Mary Simpson married Capt. Thos. Lanier Wil- 
liams of Greenville, East Tenn. Capt. Williams was a 
gallant soldier of the Confederate Army. 

4. Anna Tallulah Simpson — died unmarried. 

5. John Garlington Simpson^ — died unmarried. 

2. Richard Wright Simpson was a private in the 
Confederate War, Company A, Third S. C. V. and Cal- 
houn's Co. Adams Battalion of Cavalry. He owns 
the old Zachariah Taliaferro homestead but resides in 
the town of Pendleton and is an attorney-at-law. He 
married Maria Louise Garlington, daughter of John 
and Susan Washington (James) Garlington and they 
have nine children as follows: 

A. Margaret Garlington Simpson married Dr. W. 
W. Watkins — no issue. 

B. Susan James Simpson married P. H. E. Sloan„ 
Jr. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 137 

C. Maria Louise Simpson — unmarried. 

D. Annie Ball Simpson married Alister G. Holmes. 

E. Elizabeth Conway Simpson married Samuel 
Maner Martin. 

F. Richard W. Sim.pson, Jr. — unmarried. 

G. John Garlington Simpson married Lucy W. 
Jones. 

H. Taliaferro Strother Simpson married Mary 
Caldwell Bradfield. 

L Jean Stobo Simpson married Williston \V. 
Klugh. 

B. Susan James Simpson married P. H. E. Sloan, 

Jr., and they have eight children. 

a. Maria Louise Garlington Sloan. 

b. Ella Maxwell Sloan. 

c. Paul H. E. Sloan, Jr. 

d. Susan Simpson Sloan. 

e. Jean Conway Sloan. 

f. Eliza Earle Sloan. 

g. Margaret Taliaferro Sloan, 
h. Lucy Maxwell Sloan. 

i. Mary Richard Sloan, 
j. B. Frank Sloan. 

D. Annie Ball Simpson married Alester G. Holmes 
and they ha^^e the following children : 

a. Alester G. Holmes, Jr. 

b. Louise Garlington Holmes. 

E. Elizabeth Conway Simpson married Samuel 
Maner Martin and they have three children : 

a. Samuel Maner Martin, Jr. 

b. Richard W. Simpson Martin. 

c. Ben Vincent Martin. 

g. Maria Garlington Martin. 

G. John Garlington Simpson married Lucy W. 
Jones and they have one child : 

a. John Garlington Simpson, Jr. 



138 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

H. Taliaferro Strother Simpson married Mary- 
Caldwell Bradfield and they have two sons : 

a. Taliaferro S. Simpson, Jr. 

b. Richard Wright Simpson. 

I. Jean Stobo Simpson married Wiliston W. Klugh 
and they have three children : . 

a. Williston W. Klugh, Jr. 

b. Louise Klugh. 

c. Jean Simpson Klugh. 

3. Mary Simpson, daughter of Richard F. and 
Margaret Taliaferro Simpson, married Capt. Thos. 
Lanier Williams of Tennessee and had the following 
children : 

A. Eliza Snead Williams married Robt. O. Hunter 
of Abbeville, S. C. 

B. Richard Franklin Williams — unmarried. 

C. Wm. D. Williams, Jr. — unmarried. 

D. Thos. Lanier Williams — killed on railroad. 

E. Maria Louise Williams — died unmarried. 

F. Anna Simpson Williams — unmarried. 



MILLER FAMILY. 



IV. Caroline Virginia Taliaferro married Dr. Hen- 
ry C. Miller and had the following children : 

1. Henry C. Miller, Jr. — killed in battle of Cedar 
Mountain, Va., C. S. A. 

2. Ressie E. Miller married J. N. Hook — no issue. 

3. Caroline Virginia Miller married W. W. Sim- 
ons — no issue. 

4. George W. Miller married Edith E. Walker. 

4. George W. Miller and Edith E. (Walker) Mil- 
ler had the following children : 

A. Harry Pinckney Miller married Lillian Hall- 
wood of Ohio. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 139 

B. Percy Walker Miller married Marion Marston, 
New York. 

C. Dorothea Modd Miller — unmarried. 

D. Mattie Porter Miller — unmarried. 

E. Caroline Taliaferro Miller married Edgar H. 
Morton, Georgia. 

F. Edith Miller — unmarried. 

G. Beatrice Miller — unmarried. 

H. Henry Campbell Miller — unmarried. 



CAPT. WILLIAM SIMPSON. 



Capt. Wm. Simpson's parents came from the North 
of Ireland and settled in Union County. His father 
was a soldier under Gen. Green in the Revolutionary 
War. Capt. William Simpson married Miss Elizabeth 
Snoddy of Spartanburg, S. C, and moved to Pendleton 
in 1852. They had three children : 

I. John W. Simpson married Augusta Foster, 
daughter of Col. Garland Foster. 

II. Mary J. Simpson married William Graham of 
Mississippi. 

III. Richard Augustus Simpson married Margaret 
Agnew of Union, S. C. 

1. John W. and Augusta (Foster) Simpson had 
five children : 

.1. Robert Raymond Simpson married Mattie Hud- 
gens. 

2. Augustus Norman Simpson — never married. 

3. Wm. Graham Simpson married Mamy Long. 

4. Annie Hampton Simpson married Wright. 

5. John Orland Simpson — not married. 

1. Robert Raymond and Mattie (Hudgens) Simp- 
son had three children : 

A. Foster Simpson. 

B. Raymond Simpson. 



140 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

C. Lura Lee Simpson. 

IL Mary J. Simpson and her hufeband Wm. Gra- 
ham had four children : 

1. Bessie Graham. 

2. Bertie Graham. 

3. Genella Graham. 

4. David Graham. 

in. Richard Augustus and Margaret (Agnew) 
Simpson had six children, all dead except one, Gussy 
Simpson — unmarried. 



CALHOUN FAMILY. 



In 1733 Patrick Calhoun came from Donegal, Ire- 
land with his wife, Katherine, they had five sons, and 
one daughter, namely : William Calhoun, Ezekiel Cal- 
houn, John Calhoun, Patrick Calhoun, James Calhoun, 
Katherine Calhoun. They first settled in Pennsylvania 
and then removed to Albemarle County, Virginia. 
Patrick Calhoun, Sr., died there. In 1755 Katherine, 
Patrick's widow, and children removed to Abbeville 
County, S. C. The mother, Katherine, and I. James, 
her son, were killed by the Indians in 1760. A rude 
stone marks the spot. 

II. William Calhoun married Agnes Long. 

III. Ezekiel Calhoun married Jane Ewing. 

IV. John Calhoun. 

V. Katherine married Alexander Noble. 

VI. Patrick Calhoun married Martha Caldwell. 

III. Ezekiel Calhoun and his wife, Jane (Ewing) 
Calhoun, had among others, one son, James Ewing Cal- 
houn, who was a Senator in Congress. They had the 
following children : 

1. John E. Calhoun married Martha Davis. 

2. Floride Calhoun married John Caldwell Cal- 
houn. 



■ HISTORY OF PENDLETON 141 

3. James Edward Calhoun married — no issue. 

1. John E, Calhoun married Martha Davis, a sis- 
ter of Warren R. Davis, a distinguished lawyer, states- 
man and wit. They resided at Keowee, near Fort Hill. 
They had the following children : 

A. Capt. Randsom Calhoun — killed in a duel bj?" 
R. B. Rhett. 

B. Martha C. Calhoun — died unmarried. 

C. Henry Davis Calhoun — died during Confederate 
War. No issue. 

D. Edward B. Calhoun married Sarah Norwood. 

D. Edward B. Calhoun and his wife, Sarah (Nor- 
wood) Calhoun had four children: 

a. Martha M. Calhoun and Sarah L. Calhoun 
(twins). Martha died unmarried. 

b. Floride B. Calhoun and Willie N. Calhoun 
(twins) — unmarried. 

Sarah L. Calhoun married Allen M. Schoen and has 
two children, Edward and Sarah Schoen. 

V. Patrick Calhoun and his wife, Martha Cald- 
well Calhoun, had four sons and one daughter: 

1. William Caldwell Calhoun. 

2. James Calhoun. 

3. John Caldwell Calhoun. 

4. Patrick Calhoun, 

5. Katherine Calhoun. 

3. John Caldwell Calhoun, the great statesman, 
married Floride Calhoun, the granddaughter of hia 
uncle, Ezekiel Calhoun, his father's brother, being his 
first cousin once removed. They settled early in life 
at Clergy Hall, known afterwards as Fort Hill from 
a fort built upon the place by that name. Mrs. Cal- 
houn's mother, the widow of Senator James Ewing (^ai- 
houn, settled at Cold Spring, a plantation adjoining 
Fort Hill, and afterwards was the home of J. W. Craw- 



142 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

ford. Cold Spring, the home place of Mrs. Floride Cal- 
houn's mother, the widow of Senator James Ewing Cal- 
houn, also adjoined the home place of Col. John E. Cal- 
houn, the brother of Mrs. John C. Calhoun (Floride). 

3. John Caldwell Calhoun and his wife, Floride 
(Calhoun) Calhoun had seven children: 

A. Andrew P. Calhoun married first, Miss Eu- 
genia Chappell, daughter of Congressman Chappell — 
no issue. Married second time Margaret Green, 
daughter of Duff Green. 

B. James Edward Calhoun — never married. 

C. John Caldwell Calhoun, Jr., married first. An- 
gle Adams, no issue. Married second time Miss Put- 
nam. 

D. Patrick Calhoun — dead, never married. 

E. William L. Calhoun married widow of his 
brother John. 

F. Anna M. Calhoun married Thos. G. Clemson. 

G. Cornelia Calhoun — dead — never married. 

A. Andrew P. Calhoun and Margaret (Green) 
Calhoun had the following children : 

a. Duff Green Calhoun married and had one son, 
Andrew Pickens Calhoun. ' 

b. Andrew P. Calhoun, Jr. — died unmarried. 

c. John C. Calhoun mai'ried Linnie Adams of 
Kentucky. 

d. James E. Calhoun — died unmarried. 

e. Margaret Calhoun — unmarried. 

f. Patrick Calhoun married Sallie Williams, 
daughter of George W. Williams. 

a. Duff Green jCalhoun and his wife had one 
son, Andrew P. Calhoun, who married Floride Lee, 
granddaughter of Anna M. Clemson. 

c. John C. Calhoun and his wife, Linny (Adan;s) 
Calhoun, have the following children : 

James Edward Calhoun — unmarried. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 143 

David Adams Calhoun — unmarried. 

Julia Johnson Calhoun — unmarried. 

John Caldwell Calhoun — unmarried. 

f. Patrick Calhoun and Sallie (Williams) Cal- 
houn have the following children, names unknown : 

C. John Caldwell Calhoun, Jr., married first Miss 
Angle Adams, no issue; married second time Miss Put- 
nam and by this mai*riage had one child, Ben C?'.l- 
houn. 

E. William Lowndes Calhoun married Miss Put- 
nam, the then widow of his brother, John' Caldwell 
Calhom, Jr., and had two sons, John and William. 

F. Anna M. Calhoun married Thos. G. Clemson, 
a graduate from the School of Mines in Paris, France. 
Mr. Clemson offered his services to President Davis, 
and served during the war. After the war he and his 
family permanently resided at Pendleton with Mrs. 
John C. Calhoun, and after her death removed to Fort 
Hill, which had been willed to his wife, Anna M. Cleni- 
son. He survived his wife and two children for quite a 
time and dying devised the Fort Hill plantation and a 
large fortune to the State for the purpose of estab- 
lishing thereon an agricultural and mechanical college, 
a noble institution, Clemson Agricultural College only 
a short distance from the home of his father-in- 
law, the great statesman, John C. Calhoun. The writ- 
er hereof was for several years prev^ious to his death 
Blr. Clemson's attorney, wrote his will and was ap- 
pointed therein his Executor. Mr. and Mrs. Clemson 
made mutual wills, giving their property to each other, 
with a promise that the survivor should will the whole 
estate, except certain provisions to their granddaugn- 
ter, Floride Lee. Mr. Clemson's will was attempted 
to be broken by his son-in-law, Gideon Lee of New 
York in behalf of his daug'hter, Floride Lee, but the 
will was sustained by the Supreme Court of the Uniterl 



144 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

States. No man in South Carolina has ever erected a 
nobler monument to himself than Mr. Clemson in estab- 
lishing Clemson College. 

Thos. G. Clemson and Anna M. (Calhoun) Clem- 
son had two children : 

Capt. Calhoun Clemson — killed in a railroad Collis- 
ion near Seneca, S. C, — unmarried. 

Floride Clemson who married Giedon Lee of New 
York. 

Floride Clemson Lee died seventeen days after 
her brother was killed and left one daughter, Floride 
Lee, who married Andrew P. Calhoun as stated above. 

Mr. and Mrs. Clemson after the death of their 
only two children resided at Fort Hill. Shortly af- 
ter her children's death, Mrs. Clemson died suddenly 
while her husband was absent from home. Thereaf- 
ter, Mr. Clemson lived the life of a hermit until his 
death. He and his wife and son are buried in the 
Episcopal Churchyard at Pendleton and their daugh- 
ter in New York. 



DAVIS FAMILY. 



Warren R. Davis and his sister, Martha Davis, 
came to Pendleton in its early history. I think they 
came from Sumter County. Warren R. Davis practic- 
ed law at Pendleton and was Solicitor for several 
years, and v/as elected to the U. S. Congress in which 
he served several terms. He died and was buried in 
Washington City, D. C. He was perhaps the most not- 
ed wit, and the most popular man in Pendleton. He 
never married. His. sister. Miss Martha Davis, mar- 
ried John E. Calhoun, brother of Mrs. John C. Cal- 
houn. (See Calhoun family.) W. R. Davis and his 
sister, Mrs. Martha Calhoun, w^re first cousins to 
Gen. Wade Hampton. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 145 

COL. HAYNE'S FAMILY. 



Col. Alston Hayne was a son of Robt. Y. Hayne, 
U. S. Senator, and his wife, Miss Alston. He mar- 
ried Miss Stiles and had several children. He resid- 
ed at Flat Rock, a plantation now owned by C. HancKel. 
After the Confederate War Col. Hayne and his family 
moved to California and there he was a member of the 
legislature. His sons became prominent, one of them 
was Judge of the Circuit Court. I regret I can o'o- 
tain no more than this meagre information about thi.s 
polished and distinuished citizen of Old Pendleton. 



COL. THOMAS PINCKNEY. 



Was one of the first members of the Pendleton 
Farmer's Society and was active in all things looking 
to the upbuilding of the country. He built and resia- 
ed at the home now owned by the McCrarys, and Cotes- 
worth Pinckney, his brother, built and resided at the 
home now owned by Maj. A. T. Smythe. 



RANDELL FAMILY. 



Carver Randell of NewJDerry married Miss Mary 
C. Johnstone, daughter of Judge Job Johnstone, and 
sister of Silas Johnstone. They came to Pendleton ana 
purchased the farm now owned by R. E. Sloan, about 
1845-6. They had no children, but for many years 
were distinguished citizens of Pendleton and were noted 
for their generous hospitality, having large means. 



REV. JASPER ADAMS. 



Rev. Jasper Adams was the first President of Hobart 
College, New Jersey. He came to Pendleton early in 



146 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

the eighteenth century and settled at the place known 
as the Adams place, adjoining Fort Hill, the home or 
John C. Calhoun. 

He married Placidia Mayrant of ana 

had the following children; 

I. Angie Adams married John C. Calhoun, Jr. — 
no issue. 

n. Elizabeth Adams married A. C. Campbell and 
had one son, Jasper Campbell, who resides in New 
York. 

ni. Caroline Adams — never married. 

IV. Maj. Joseph Adams married ^iss Earle, 
daughter of J. Baylis Earle. He had one son, Quincy 
Adams. 

V. Fannie Adams married. 

After the Confederate War the survivors of tl-e 
family, Mrs. Campbell and her son, Jasper, her sisters, 
Caroline and Fannie went to New York and have Deen 
lost sight of. Jasper is married and is successful in 
business. 



CORNISH FAMILY. 



Rev. A. H. Cornish, an Episcopal minister, resided 
for many years in Pendleton and was known of ill 
men for his Christian piety and his unblemished de- 
portment. He was the personal friend of John C. Cat- 
houn, Andrew P. Calhoun and Mr. and Mrs. Thos. O. 

Clemson. He married Miss , a lacly 

universally beloved, and well remembered as the most 
iirtless of women. They had two children. Miss Kate 
Cornish and Miss Elizabeth Cornish. Neither of then-, 
married. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 147 

MAYS FAMILY. 



Mr. James Butler Mays married Miriam Earle, 
daughter of Maj. Sam Earle, and had two children: 

I. Samuel Earle Mays. 

II. James Butler Mays. 

I. Samuel Earle Mays married Catherine Moselv 
and they had the following children: 

1. James F. Mays. 

2. Samuel E. Mays. 

3. Miriam C. Mays. 

4. Earle W. Mays. 

1. James F. Mays married E. Walton and they 
have the following children: 

A. Annie Mosely Mays. 

B. Catherine Mays. 

0. Tombs Mays. 

• D. James F. Mays. 

E. Miriam Mays. 

F. Maud Mays. 

2. Samuel E. Mays married Rowena Lee Evers. 
Their children are: 

A. Rowena Mays. 

B. Frances C. Mays. 

11. Dr. James Butler Mays married Azalia Josepha 
Poe, daughter of William and Ellen (Taylor) Poe Their 
children are: 

1. James B. Mays. 

2. William Poe Mays. 

3. Wilton Earle Mays. 

4. Sam B. Mays. 

5. Ellen Poe Mays. 

6. Josepha Mays. 

7. Hallie Poe Mays. 

8. F. W. Poe Mays. 



148 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

6. Josepha Mays married John D, Hobbs and they 
have one child, Ellen Mildred Hobbs. 

Mrs. Miriam Mays resided at the residence now own- 
ed by Mrs. Holmes. 

Samuel E. Mays graduated at South Carolina College 
with first honor. Both sons served through the Confed- 
erate War, and both after the war removed to Florida, 
and both are alive at this time. 



LIGON FAMILY. 



William Jackson Ligon was born ?t Prince Edward 
Court House, Virginia, and came to South Carolina anrt 
graduated at the South Carolina College. Adopting tne 
profession of teaching he became a noted educator. He 
married Louise Caroline Seibels of Lexington County, 
South Carolina. He came to Pendleton about 1859 and 
taught the Pendleton Male Academy for many years. 
He and his wife, Louise C. (Seibels) Ligon, had the fol- 
lowing children: 

I. William Baker Seibels Ligon married Cora S, 
Reed — died — no issue. 

II. Lucy Lavinia Ligon — died unmarried. 

III. Henry Arthur Ligon married Lucy Reed. 

IV. Thos. C. Ligon married Mary Towers. 

V. Richard Simpson Ligon married Helen Reea! 
daughter of Clifton Reed. 

VI. Lavinia B. Ligon died in infancy. 

VII. Lucian Louis Ligon died in infancy. 

VIII. Eliza Manda Ligon died in infancy. 

IX. Robert Emmet Ligon married Mamie Benson. 

X. Marshall Orr Ligon died unmarried. 
XL Lucia Louise Ligon died unmarried. 
XII. John Temple Ligon married Mary Brice. 
III. Henry Arthur Ligon and wife, Lucy (Reed) 

Ligon, have the following children : 
1. Eoline Ligon. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 149 

2. Lucy Ligon. 

3. Henry Arthur Ligon, Jr. 

4. William Pinckney Ligon. 

IV. Thos. C. Ligon and \\ife, Mary (Towers) Lig- 
on, have the following children : 

1. Mary C. Ligon. 

2. William Jackson Ligon. 

3. Alex Towers Ligon. 

4. Louis L. Ligon. 

5. Daniel R. Ligon. 

6. Law Ellen Ligon. 

V. Richard Simpson Ligon and wife, Helen (Reed) 
Ligon, have the following children : 

1. Frances K. Ligon married Thomas Allen, 

2. Annie Louise Ligon. 

3. Clifton R. Ligon. 

IX. Robert Emmet Ligon and wife, Mamie (Ben- 
son) Ligon, have the following children: 

1. Prue B. Ligon. 

2. Mack Ligon. 

3. Eugenia Ligon. 

4. May Ligon. 

5. Charlton Ligon. 

6. Robert C. Ligon. 

XII. John Temple Ligon and wife, Mary (Bricei 
Ligon, have the following children : 
1. John Temple Ligon, Jr. 



JOHN HASTIE. 



Uncle John, as we called him, was an old bachelor, 
but a kind hearted man. He was for years one of tne 
foremost merchants not only in Pendleton but in the 
up-country. He had a brother, William Hastie, in 
Charleston and a half brother, Abe Isaacs, who clerked 
for him and during the war was a noted soldier of the 



150 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

Confederate Army and after the war married in Green- 
ville and died there. Mr. Hastie never married. 



SEABORN FAMILY. 



George Seaborn emigrated from Virginia and settlerT 
on the Grove near Piedmont. He left one son, James 
Seaborn, and died in 1818. 

James Seaborn, son of the above George Seaborn, 
died on the Grove in Greenville County in 1804. He left 
a son, George Seaborn (Major Seaborn) who marriea 
Sarah Ann, daughter of Gen. John B, Earle, and resided 
at Cherry Hill, a mile or so from Pendleton. Maj. 
George Seaborn and wife, Sarah Ann Earle Seaborn, haa 
the following children : 

I. Sallie Taylor Seaborn married Thos. J. Sloan 
(See Sloan family). 

II. James Seaborn married Laura Annie Mason. 

III. B. Earle Seaborn married Marie Dunham. 

IV. Mollie S. Seaborn married Col. J. B. E. Sloan 
(See Sloan family). 

V. Grace Greenwood Seaborn — died unmarried. 

VI. Hannah Earle Seaborn — died unmarried. 

VII. William Robinson Seaborn — killed in battle 
of Seven Pines. 

VIII. Eliza Seaborn — died unmarried. 

IX. Mattie Seaborn married Gregg G. Richards — 
no issue. 

X. Sue Vivian Seaborn — unmarried. 

II. James Seaborn and wife, Laura Annie (Mason) 
Seaborn, had the following children : 

1. Deanie S. Seaborn married Boon R. Moss. 

2. George Seaborn married Gussie Holleman. 

3. W. E. Seaborn. 

4. Mason C. Seaborn. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 151 



5. James Seaborn. 

6. Douglass S. Seaborn. 



PIKE FAMILY. 



Daniel Pike married in England a Miss Phelps anc! 
there had two children, John and Letitia, and then came 
to Pendleton in 1831. One more child was born to him 
in Pendleton, Ellen Pike — died unmarried. 

John Pike and Martha Fitzgerald had the following 
children : 

I. Alice Pike married Baylis Whitten, 

II. Warren Pike married Flora Reese. 

III. George Pike married Mattie Perry. 

IV. William Pike married Florrie Jefferson. 

V. Albert Pike married Rosa Philpot. 

VI. Mary Pike married A. L. Whitten. 

I. Alice Pike and her husband, Baylis Whitten, 
have the following children : 

1. Eugene Whitten. 

2. Norman Whitten. 

3. George Whitten. 

4. Edith Whitten. 

5. Colin Whitten. 

6. Floyd Whitten. 

7. Clyde Whitten. 

II. Warren Pike and wife. Flora (Reese) Whitten 
have the following children : 

1. Sam Pike. * 

2. George Pike. 

3. Henry Pike. 

4. Oscar Pike. 

5. Ellen Pike. 

6. Maggie Pike. 

7. Richard Pike. 

8. John Pike. 



152 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

Vr. Mary Pike and her husband, A. L. Whitten, 
have the following children: 

1. Walter Whitten. 

2. Furman Whitten. 

3. Ernest Whitten. 

4. Mamie Whitten. 

5. Lewis Whitten. 

6. John Whitten. 

7. Green Whitten. 

8. Ressie Whitten. 

9. Alice Whitten. 

Letitia Pike married Andrew Stephens and they had 
following children: 

L J. Stewart Stephens. 
IL Hayne Stephens. 
IIL Zeruah Stephens. 

IV. Angle Stephens. 

V. Dora Stephens. 

VI. Daniel Stephens. 

VII. Hampton Stephens. 

VIII. Samuel Stephens. 



SHAW FAMILY. 



William Shaw came to Pendleton from England. 
He was a lawyer and practiced at Pendleton. He mar- 
ried Jane Anderson, daughter of Gen. Robert Anderson 
— no issue. His sister, Ann Shaw, who married a Mr. 
Smith, in England, had four children : 

Thomas Smith. 

William Smith. 

Matilda Smith. 

Maria Smith. 

William Shaw, when he came from England brought 
with him his sister's two sons, Thomas and William 
Smith. Mrs. Smith, then a widow, followed her brother 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 153 

to this country bringing her two daughters, Matilda and 
Maria Smith. She settled in Laurens County and there 
married a Mr. Barlow — no issue. 

Mr. Shaw educated his two nephews, Thomas and 
William Smith. Thomas became a practicing physician 
and married and settled at Society Hill in Darlington 
County. He had no children, but adopted two, Caroline 
and Francis Mclver. 

Caroline married Jonathan Lucas. 

Frances married a Mr. Williams. To these two 
adopted daughters he gave all of his large estate, except 
a tract of land in Anderson County and an annuity of 
$250.00 to his sister, Maria Smith. William Smith 
settled in Augusta, Ga., and nothing is known of his fam- 
ily. Matilda Smith never married. Maria Smith mar- 
ried William Watson and had the following children : 

L Matilda Watson married Elijah Owen. 

IL Drucilla Watson married Joshua Owen. 

HL Louisa Watson married Ferdinand Watson 
killed in Confederate War. 

IV. Elizabeth Watson married Jasper Owen. 

V. Thomas Watson — unmarried — killed in Confed- 
erate War. 

VI. Allen Watson married Sarah Erskine. 

VII. Emma Watson married Henry Crenshaw. 

VIII. Maria Watson married Joseph Erskine — ■ 
died in prison. 

IX. Jane Watson married John Mitchell. 

X. Joseph N, Watson — unmarried — killed in Con- 
federate War. 

VIII. Maria Watson and her husband, Joseph Ers- 
kine, had the following children : 

1. Jefferson Erskine. 

2. Joseph Erskine married Ida Watson. 

3. Martha Erskine married T. E. McConneli. 

4. Mary Erskine married G. F. McConneli. 



154 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

The last two named were twin sisters and married 
twin brothers. 

IX. Jane Watson and her husband, John Mitchell, 
have the following children : 

1. William Mitchell. 

2. John Mitchell. 

3. Gary Mitchell. 

4. Augustus Mitchell married Theo. Owen, daughn 
ter of John Owen. 

5. Leonidas Mitchell. 

6. Oswald Mitchell. 

Augustus and Oswald reside near Penlleton. All 
the others now reside in Texas and California. 

Maria (Smith) Watson lived until she was ninety- 
two years of age. When she was ninety she came to 
the office of the writer hereof to have him write her will, 
on account of her extreme age three lawyers were called 
in to witness the will. Before doing so they were re- 
quested to talk with Mrs. Watson, and they agreed that 
she was the most remarkable woman of her age they had 
ever met. 



SYMMES FAMILY. 



^ Dr. Frederick W. Symmes was for many years one 
of the most prominent and influential citizens of Pendle- 
ton in its best days. He was a noted physician, a man of 
sterling character, and a fluent writer. He was for 
years editor of the Pendleton Messenger, a newspaper 
and political organ that did more to shape public opinion 
in South Carolina than any other paper in the State. 
Dr. Symmes was a close relative of President Benjamin 
Harrison, and was possessed of many of the character- 
istics peculiar to that celebrated family. He resided at 
the time I knew the family in the house near the Blue 
Ridge Railroad bridge, now owned by Mr. S. L. Eskew 
and was buried at the Old Stone Church. 



HISTORl OF PENDLETON 155 

Dr. F. W. Symmes married Sarah Whitner, daugh- 
ter of Joseph Whitner, and sister of Judge Joseph N. 
Whitner. Their children were: 

I. Cornelia Symmes. 

II. William Symmes — died unmarried. 

III. Edward Symmes. 

IV. Dr. G. H. Symmes. 

V. Mary Symmes. 

VI. James Whitner Symmes. 

I. Cornelia Symmes married William R. Jones, a 
graduate of the South Carolina College. Their children 
are: 

1. William R. Jones, Jr. 

2. Mamie Jones. 

3. G. Thomisena Jones. 

4. Eugene Jones. 

1. William R. Jones, Jr., married Miss Bobo and 
they have two children, names not given. 

3. G. Thomisena Jones married Jacob T. Grey and 
their children are: 

A. Clelia Grey. 

B. Dora Grey. 

C. Thomas Eugene Grey — married. 

III. Edward Symmes married Mary Jones — no 
issue. 

IV. Dr. Gustavus H. Symmes married Ellen Ma- 
tilda Poe, daughter of William and Ellen (Taylor) Poe. 
Their children are: 

1. Frederick W. Symmes. 

2. Lewis Symmes. 

3. Gustavus H. Symmes, Jr. 

4. Edgar Poe Symmes. 

5. Nelson Poe Symmes. (See Poe Family.) 

2. Lewis Symmes married Hallie Moody. Their 
children are: 

A. William Henry Symmes. 



156 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

B. Lewis Frederick Symmes. 

3. Gustavus H. Symmes, Jr., married Martha My- 
ers and they have one child: 

A. Rita Close Symmes. 

4. Edgar Poe Symmes married Mrs Martha San- 
ders nee Christian, and they have one child: 

A. Ellen Miriam Symmes. 

V. Mary Symmes married Dr. J. H. Dean. Their 
children are: 

1. Hamilton Symmes Dean. 

2. J. Harry Dean. 

VL James Whitner Symmes married Anneta 
Alexander. Their children are: 

1. Julia Symmes. 

2. Mary Symmes. 

3. Daisy Symmes. 

4. Nettie Symmes. 

5. Frederick Wm. Symmes. 

6. Lucena Symmes. 

7. Alexander Symmes. 

3. Daisy Symmes married Charles E. Gambrell. 
Their child is: 

A. Jane Anne Gambrell. 



JOHN MILLER. 



John Miller, commonly called Printer John Miller, 
was born in London and was one of the printers of the 
celebrated Junius Letters. He was tried among others 
in London, but feeling was so strong in favor of the 
Junius Letters he was acquitted. Disgusted with the 
proceedings connected with these celebrated trials, he 
left London and came to America in 1782 and settled 
first in Philadelphia, Penn. The delegation of South 
Carolina at that time was Edward Rutledge, Thomas 
Heyward, and Arthur Middleton, by them John Miller 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 157 

was induced to move to Charleston, S. C, to become 
printer for the State. There he commenced the publi- 
cation of the South Carolina Gazette and General Ad- 
vertiser. He removed to Pendleton in 1785, and ob- 
tained a grant of a tract of land containing 640 acres on 
Eighteen Mile Creek. (The Stone Church is located on 
a part of this land.) 

Some time after removing to Pendleton he 
began the publication of a newspaper, called Miller's 
Weekly Messenger. About what time he commenced 
the publication of this paper is unknown, but it was 
probably in 1795. This paper he continued to publish un- 
til 1806, when its name was changed and it was then ed- 
ited by Dr. F. W. Symmes and Gov. Francis Burt. John 
Miller was elected the first Clerk of the Court of Pendle- 
ton in 1790. He died at Pendleton in 1809 and was 
buried at the Old Stone Church. He left two sons, Cros- 
by and John. 

Crosby Miller marriel Miss Hammond. 

John Miller married and left five sons and five 
daughters, one of his sons was named John, who was the 
father of S. F. W. Miller and Dr. Thaddeus Miller. The 
other sons removed west. The daughters. Miss Jane Millei- 
Mrs. Charlotte Kay, Mrs. James Duke, Mrs. Richard Wil- 
son, and Mrs. Elizabeth Sharpe, who was the mother of 
Elam Sharpe, who married a daughter of Governor 
Hayne, Dr. Marcus Sharpe and Elizabeth who married 
Rev. John M. Carlisle. (See Sharpe Family.) 



A SKETCH OF JOHN MILLLER, FOUNDER 
OF THE PENDLETON MESSENGER. 



BY A. T. BROYLES. 



Mr. Editor: — In compliance with your request I 
herewith send you a biographical sketch of John Miller, 
who about the beginning of the present century published 
at Pendleton Miller's Weekly Messenger, the first news- 
paper ever published in this county. This paper he con- 
tinued to publish until the year 1806 when its name was 
changed to the Pendleton Messenger, which was after- 
wards so ably edited by Dr. F. W. Symmes and Gov. 
Frances Burt. 

John Miller was an Englishman and resided in the 
City of London. He was one of the fifteen partners who 
owned the London Evening Post, as the account book 
of that paper shows, and was connected with it from 1769 
to 1780. This account book, which was most neatly 
kept, together with many other interesting manuscripts, 
have been kindly furnished me for the purpose of this 
sketch, by Mr. S. F. W. Miller, his great-grandson, by 
whom they have been carefully preserved. From this 
account book it appears to have been the practice of the 
partners to appoint a committee of their number from 
time to time to examine these accounts, and in 1775 
Henry Sampson Woodfall, the publisher of the cele- 
brated letters of Junius, was one of the committee ap- 
pointed at that time, showing that he was also a partner. 
The letters of Junius, however, were published by Wood- 
fall in the Daily Advertiser. 

The object of these letters was to denounce official 
corruption wherever it existed, whether in the ministry, 
the Parliament of the Judiciary, and to hold it up to the 
odium and execration of the English people. The author 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 159 

whoever he was, was undoubtedly a man of splendid 
genius, and the intrepidity with which he used his pol- 
ished weapons, sparing neither rank nor station, cannot 
fail to command the admiration of mankind. For sim- 
plicity force and elegance of diction these letters are un- 
surpassed by any other compositions in our language. 
Who the author really was is even today a matter of 
speculation, but he undoubtedly despised the honors of 
authorship, for in assigning all his right, title and inter- 
est in these letters to Woodfall, as fully and effectually 
as it was possible for any author to do, no doubt as a 
reward for what he had suffered by their publication, 
he declared that he alone was the repository of his own 
secret, and that it should die with him. At last he ad- 
dressed one of these letters to George III — the king him- 
self. It was first published by Woodfall in the Daily 
Advertiser and immediately thereafter it was reprinted 
by John Miller in the London Evening Post and by Al- 
mon, a bookseller. 

Without going into details further than may be nec- 
essary to show the importance of the issues involved and 
the interest which these cases excited. Lord Campbell's 
account of the matter is simply this : That the Attorney 
General at once filed criminal information against all 
three of these parties. In the case against Almon, who 
was defended by Sergeant Glyn,it was not denied that the 
letter was a libel, but it was insisted that the purchase 
of the letter at the shop of Almon, who was a bookseller 
and publisher of pamphlets, from a person in the shop 
acting as his servant, with his name on the title r^ge as 
publisher, was not sufficient evidence to convict Almon 
of the publication. But Lord Mansfield instructed the 
jury that in the absence of any proof that Almon was 
not privy or assenting to it, a sale of the letter by Al- 
mon's servant was prima facie evidence of a publication 
of the matter and the jury found a verdict of guilty. 
In the case of Woodfall a different course was pursued. 



160 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

There was no doubt of his liability as publisher, but it 
was denied that the letter was libellous, and the grand 
dispute which then arose was whether the libellous char- 
acter of the paper was a question for the jury, or one of 
law exclusively for the court. Lord Mansfield held that 
the simple inquiry for the jury was whether the defend- 
ant printed and published the letter charged in the infor- 
mation as libellous. Having done their duty in this 
respect the question whether the paper was a libel or 
not, was a question of law for the court. The jury were 
out many hours, but having at length agreed they were 
taken in coaches from Guildhall to Lord Mansfield's 
house in Bloomsbury Square, where the foreman ren- 
dered in a verdict of "Guilty of the printing and publish- 
ing only." The legal result of this finding being ciouot- 
ful. Lord Mansfield, granted a new trial, but Woodfall 
was from that time safe as there was not a jury in Lon- 
don that would have found a verdict of "guilty" against 
the publisher of J-unius. On the trial of John Miller 
Lord Campbell says: "Half the population of London 
were assembled in the streets surrounding Guildhall and 
remained several hours impatiently expecting the result. 
Lord Mansfield had retired to his home, and many thou- 
sands proceeded thither in a grand procession when it 
was announced that the jury had agreed. At last a 
shout proceeding from Bloomsbury Square and reverbe- 
rated from the remotest quarters of the metropolis pro- 
claimed a verdict of not guilty. 

These three famous cases were tried in the latter 
part of the year 1770, a short time before our Declaration 
of Independence. A summary of the law as laid down by 
Lord Mansfield was that the jury were not only limited 
to the simple inquiry vv'hether the defendant printed and 
pulished the paper charged to be libellous, but that in 
making up their verdict upon this issue they had no right 
to inquire into the intention of the defendant as in other 
criminal prosecutions or into the innocence or crimi- 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 161 

nality of the paper charged to be malicious and seditious, 
because these were questions of law for the court to De 
determined by the court upon the mere reading of the 
record. This he maintained had been the law of Eng- 
land from the revolution of 1688, and that no complaint 
had ever been made of it, until the reign of George III. 
There was no doubt of the sincerity and honesty of his 
convictions, and that he was sustained by precedent. 
But it is evident that the law was founded upon the no- 
tion of imposing . some limitations and restraints upon 
the freedom of the press, because if the jury were per- 
mitted to inquire into those matters which were held 
to be questions of law for the court, they would have 
been at once invested with the power of deciding the 
questions of law, as well as the facts, in a libel case, and 
this it was apprehended would lead to a freedom of dis- 
cussion that would be subversive of law and order. The 
law thus laid down was denounced as an invasion of the 
province of the jury, an attack upon the liberty of the 
press, and dangerous to the liberties of the people. In 
fact it would seem that very little of the public attention 
had been attracted to this condition of the law of libel un- 
til the time of Junius when these three prosecutions were 
commenced. His letters had been read with universal 
applause, and no doubt the great name of Junius aroused 
much of the public interest which was manifested in 
these causes. But they also involved an important con- 
stitutional principle, and their trial was therefore at- 
tended by an intense public excitement. The question 
was an important one and brought into requisition the 
talent and learning of some of the most distinguished 
men in England. 

It may not be an uninteresting digression to say that 
no man ever won a more splendid forensic victory than 
that which was achieved by Lord Camden over the great 
Lord Mansfield, when he challenged him to a discussion 
of his law of libel. Lord Camden had said that if he 



162 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

could obtain a copy of the opinion and it should appear 
to him contrary to the known and established principles 
of the constitution he would not scruple to tell the author 
of his mistake boldly and openly in the House of Lords. 
Lord Mansfield thereupon caused a copy of the opinion 
in the case of Woodfall to be filed with the assistant 
clerk of the House. Lord Camden, after inspecting It, 
said that he considered this action as a challenge directed 
to him, personally, and that he accepted it. He (Lord 
Mansfield) has thrown down the gauntlet and I take it 
up. His doctrine is not the law of England, and I am 
ready to enter into the debate whenever the noble lord 
will fix the day for it. I desire and insist that it shall be 
an early one. Lord Mansfield was much confused by 
the questions propounded by Lord Camden as the 
basis of the debate. Aware of the strong alliance which 
existed between Lord Camden and Lord Chatham, who 
would be aided by the Duke of Richmond and other allies, 
and that he himself had no one to give himi the slightest 
assistance in the debate his courage forsook him and he 
seemed so much distressed that the matter was allow^ed 
to drop. 

Lord Mansfield himself lived to see the day when his 
doctrine on this subject was subverted by Mr. Fox's Libel 
Bill, and that bill and Lord Campbell's Libel Bill, which 
was subsequently passed have settled the law of libel sul:)- 
stantially upon its present basis. The important cons- 
titutional principles thus established ■is contaTned in 
Section 8 of the Declaration of Rights, Article I of our 
present State Constitution, which, among other things, 
declares that in all indictments for libel the jury shall 
be judges of the law and the facts, a doctrine which 
is now universally recognized in this country. 

These three cases which led to this result have 
passed into history, and although John Miller, the subject 
of this sketch, was only a defendant in one of these pros- 
ecutions, in which he was sought to be victimized by ari 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 153 

administration which regarded freedom of speech as 
dangerous to the safety of the State, yet even in this 
capacity he is entitled to his share of the celebrity these 
cases have acquired. His name has thus been associated 
with the settlement of a very important constitutional 
question, and with the freedom of the press. Disgustea 
no doubt with a country where it was deemed criminal 
to publish an appeal to the king to mediate between 
his Ministry and the people, and to afford his subjects 
that redress they were entitled to demand, he left his 
native shores and arrived in Philadelphia in January, 
1782, shortly after the news of the evacuation of Charles- 
ton in December 1782, had been received in Englanc*. 
Our delegation in Congress at that time consisted of 
Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, and Arthur Micl- 
dleton, and by them he was sent to Charleston to be 
j)rinter to the State. There he commenced the publi- 
cation of the South Carolina Gazette and General Adver- 
tiser, and in his prefatory address he said that his ambi- 
tion could not have been more truly gratified than by 
finding himself the printer of the commonwealth ol 
South Carolina. His family followed him to Charleston 
and reached there in November, 1783, Mr. William L. 
King, in his little work entitled, "The Newspaper Press 
of Charleston," gives an account of him, and make many 
extracts from his editorials, which are very creditable to 
him. He sold the Gazette and Advertiser to Tymothy & 
Mason, and went to Pendleton about the year 1785, for 
during that year he obtained from his Excellency Ben- 
jamin Guerard a grant for a tract of land, containing 
640 acres, on Eighteen Mile Creek, which, as the writer 
is informed, was on both sides of said creek on the i-oad 
from Pendleton to Fort Hill. 

There has been placed in my possession a copy of 
the City Gazette, of Charleston, containing a communi- 
cation dated, "Pendleton County, Washington District, 
September 25, 1785," made by John Miller, corresponding 



164 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

secretary of the "Franklin or Republican Society or 
Pendleton County," asking the publication of the pre- 
amble and resolutions prepared by him for the Society, 
and adopted by the several Brigades at the Governor's 
Review^s, denouncing the treaty concluded in 1794 by 
Mr. Jay with England and expressive of strong sympa- 
thy with France. At the request of General Washington 
Mr. Jay resigned the Chief Justiceship of the Supreme 
Court of the United States to effect this treaty, but it was 
bitterly denounced in the United States Senate and in 
many parts of the country. 

There is a memorandum in Miller's own handwrit- 
ing stating that in 1795 he had made proposals for the 
publication of a newspaper, but that the project had 
been postponed until now that the rapid increase of pop- 
ulation in the back country had rendered it practicable. 
There is no doubt that it was then he commenced 
the publication of Miller's Weekly Messenger, but as 
the memorandum is without date it is impossible to fix 
the precise time. 

John Miller died at Pendleton in 1809, and was 
buried at the Old Stone Church. He left behind him 
many highly respected descendants, most of whom reside 
in Anderson County. His son John, who assisted 
him in the publication of the Pendleton Messenger, had 
five sons and as many daughters. One of these sons was 
also named John, who remained in this county, and was 
the father of Mr. S. F. W. Miller and Dr. Thaddeus Mil- 
ler. The other two sons removed west. The daughters 
were Miss Jane Miller, who died at Pendleton, Mrs. 
Charlotte Kay, Mrs. Duke, Mrs. Sharpe and Mrs Wilson. 
Mrs". Elizabeth Sharpe was the mother of Elam Sharpe 
who married Governor Hayne's daughter; Dr. Marcus 
L. Sharpe, our fellow townsman, Edwin Sharpe and Miss 
Elizabeth Sharpe, who married Rev. John M. Carlisle, 
and these are his descendants so far as I have been able 
to ascertain. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 165 

LEWIS FAMILY. 



The Lewis family is of Welch decent. Four broth- 
ers of this family emigrated from Wales. Two of them, 
General Robert and John Lewis, settled in Virginia. 

General Robert had a son John, Sr. John Sr.,had a 
son John, Jr., who married Frances Fielding. Their son 
married Bettie Washington, a sister of Gen. George 
Washington. John, the emigrant from Wales, born 1640, 
had a number of children, one of whom, David Lewis, 
is the ancestor of the Lewis descendants in South Caro- 
lina and particularly in Pendleton. David Lewis mar- 
ried Miss Terrell and raised eight children, among them. 
John Lewis who married Sarah Taliaferro of Virginia. 
Just before the Revolution he, John, and his family re- 
moved from Virginia and settled in Rutherford County, 
North Carolina, 

John and Sarah Taliaferro Lewis raised nine chil- 
dren. 

John, their son, married Ann Berry Earle, a sister 
of Gen. John Baylis Earle and Washington Earle (as 
to this family see the Earle Family). Their children 
were : 

I. John Taliaferro Lewis married Eleanor Earle, 
daughter of Gen. John B. Earle. 

II. Madison Earle Lewis married Mary Griffin. 

III. Jesse Payne Lewis married Susan M.. Taylor. 

IV. Baylis Washington Lewis married Frances 
Gaines. 

I. John Talliaferro Lewis at the age of twenty one 
was appointed Clerk of the Superior Court of Pendleton 
for life. He married as above stated, Eleanor Earle, 
and had a number of children, one Rev. Henry T. Lewis 
practiced law at Pendleton for a while, then became a 
preacher and removed to Mississippi. He was the author 
of that celebrated sermon, The Harp of a Thousand 
Strings. Also Samuel W. Lewis who married Annie 



166 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

McCurry and Hannah Elizabeth Lewis. These two lasi 
named I remember very well. 

n. Madison Earle Lewis and wife, Mary GrifRn. 

in. Jesse Payne and Susan M. Taylor Lewis, his 
wife (daughter of Joseph Taylor, a son of Maj. Samuol 
Taylor. As to Susan M. Lewis, see Taylor Family) had 
the following children: 

1. Nancy Lewis — died unmarried, 

2. Robert 0. Lewis — died in Confederate Army. 

3. John Joseph Lewis married Carrie C. Dickinson, 

4. Jesse A. Lewis — died unmarried. 

5. Ellen M. Lewis married B. Frank Sloan (See 
B. F. Sloan Family). 

6. Earle S. Lewis — killed in Confederate War — 
unmarried. 

3. John Joseph Lewis and wife, Carrie C. (Dick- 
inson) Lewis had two children: 

A. Sue Ellen Lewis married J. Lee Carpenter, 

B. Nina D. Lewis married William S. Hunter. 

A. Sue Ellen Lewis married J. Lee Carpenter and 
they have three children : 

a. Ellen S. Carpenter. 

b. John Lewis Carpenter. 

c. Nina Hunter Carpenter. 

B. Nina D. Lewis married William S. Hunter and 
they have two children : 

a. Carrie Hunter. 

b. 

3. John Joseph Lewis married second time Maggie 
Wilkinson and they have the following children : 

A. Robert Earle Lewis. 

B. Jennie Hall Lewis, 

C. John Joseph Lewis. 

Col. Richard Lewis, another son of John and Saran 
laliaferro Lewis, was Clerk of the Court of Rutherford 
County North Carolina and a member of the Convention 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 167 

for revising the North Carolina Convention. He mar- 
ried Sarah Miller, daughter of Gen. James Miller of 
North Carolina, who was an officer in the Revolution 
and commanded at Augusta, Ga. He and his wife emi- 
grated to South Carolina and settled on Seneca River 
near Pendleton, and he and his wife are both buried at 
the Old Stone Church. They had nine children : 

I. Mary M. Lewis married Hon. John McDowell of 
North Carolina. 

n. James Overton Lewis married Marj^ Lorton. 
HL Ann Elvira Lewis married Joseph Van Shank- 
lin (See Shanklin Family). 

IV. Sarah Ann Lewis married Edwin Reese (See 
Reese Family). 

V. Andrew F .Lewis married Susan Sloan. ^ 

II. James Overton and wife, Mary (Lorton) Lewis, 
had the following children : 

1. Sarah Lewis married Dr. William B. Cherry of 
Pendleton. 

2. Mary Lewis married Dr. Beverly A. Henry of 
Georgia. 

3. Dr. Thomas L. Lewis married Eliza Maxwell, 
daughter of Capt. John Maxwell. 

4. Capt. Richard L. Lewis married Sue Gaines. 

5. Frances Lewis married E. A. Tate of Georgia. 

6. John E. Lewis married Florence Boatwright of 
Columbia. 

7. R. Fielding Lewis married 

8. Lucy Lewis married John Lebby of Charleston. 

9. James Clarkson Lewis. 

10. James Overton Lewis married Martha K. 
Sharpe, grand-daughter of R. Y. Hayne. 

1. Dr. William B. Cherry and Sarah Lewis Cherry, 
his wife, had the following children : 

A. Mary Lorton Cherry — died unmarried. 

B. Samuel Cherry married 



168 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

C. Fannie Lewis Cherry married Warren R. Davis, 

3. Dr. Thomas L. and Eliza (Maxwell) Lewis, his. 
wife, have the following children : 

A. Elizabeth Earle Lewis — unmarried. 

B. Mary T. Lewis — unmarried. 

C. Mattie D. Lewis — unmarried. 

D. Julia K. Lewis married Overton Henry, , 

E. Emily W. Lewis — unmarried. 

F. James Lewis married Miss Birnie. 

G. Thomas Lewis. 

H. Edward Lewis married Miss Pope. 

L Ben Lewis. 

4. Capt. Richard and Sue (Gaines) Lewis have no 
issue. 

Capt. Richard Lewis volunteered in the Confederate 
War and rose to captain. 

V. Andrew F. Lewis (son of Col. Richard Lewis- 
and Susan (Sloan) Lewis had ten children 

1. Richard Lewis married Lawrence. 

2. David Lewis died in Confederate War. 

3. John E. Lewis married Anna Smith. 

4. Sue A. Lewis — unmarried. 

5. William Lewis — killed himself accidentally. 

6. Sallie M. Lewis — unmarried. 

7. James P. Lewis married Anna Porcher. 

8. Andrew F. Lewis, Jr., died unmarried. 

9. Emma E. Lewis — died unmarried. 

10. Barnard Bee Lewis — unmarried. 

11. Thomas Lewis — married. 



SHANKLIN FAMILY. 



Joseph Van Shanklin, a lawyer by profession, prac- 
ticed at Pendleton. He married Nancy Elvira Lewis, 
daughter of Col. Richard Lewis, and raised three chil- 
dren : 

I. Joseph Augustus Shanklin. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 169 

II. Capt. Julius L. Shanklin, 

III. E. Henry Shanklin. 

I. Rev. Joseph Augustus Shanklin, an Episcopal 
minister, married Catherine Ann Sadler of Florida, and 
had five children : 

1. Catherine Ann Shanklin. 

2. Edwin Alvesti Shanklin. 

3. Mary Lewis Shanklin. 

4. Lila Shanklin. 

5. Joseph Augustus Shanklin, Jr. 

After the death of Rev. Joseph A, Shanklin his 
widow married Rev. J. H. Elliott, of Georgia. 

II. Julius L. Shanklin married Julia Doyle and 
raised four sons. He graduated at University of Virginia, 
was captain in Confederate War and State Senator for 
several terms. 

1. Augustus Shanklin married Miss Neville. 

2. J. Barbour Shanklin — married. 

3. S. Morris Shanklin. 

4. Edgar R. Shanklin. 

III. E. Henry Shanklin graduated at Virginia 
University and served faithfully during the whole Con- 
federate War. He married Virginia Robinson, daughter 
of Dr. William Robinson and Maria Earle, his wife. 
They have three sons and two daughters: 

1. Julius A. Shanklin married Conyers Pickens, 
daughter of Dr. T. J. Pickens. 

2. Edward H. Shanklin married Miss Hagood. 

3. George Shanklin — unmarried. 

4. Bessie Shanklin — unmarried. 

5. Annie Shanklin — unmarried. 

1. Julius A. Shanklin and his wife, Conyers (Pick- 
ens) Shanklin have three children: 

A. Virginia Shanklin. 

B. Julius A. Shanklin, Jr. 

C. Sue Conyers Shanklin. 



170 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

WHITNER FAMILY. 



Joseph Whitner came from Germany when a lad 
of twelve or thirteen years of age. He had no relatives 
in this country, and it is stated that he was an orphan 
in Germany and was entitled to a large property 
there and that he was shipped to this new country by 
some of his relatives in order to get possession of his 
property. He landed in Charleston and when about 
grown he came to Pendleton. He was a surveyor ana 
acquired considerable property and much influence. He 
resided at the North place, subsequently at Flat RocK, 
now owned by C . Hanckel. He married Elizabeth 
Shackelford and had the following children: 

I. Benjamin F. Whitner married Miss Spann. 

II. John Whitner died — unmarried. 

III. Rebecca Whitner died — unmarried. 

IV. Joseph N. Whitner and Elizabeth Whitnei 
(twins.) 

Joseph N. Whitner married Elizabeth Hampton Har- 
rison. 

Elizabeth Whitner married Anthony W. Ross. (See 
Ross Family.) 

VI. Sarah Whitner married Dr. Frederick W. 
Symmes. (See Symmes Family.) 

I. Benjamin F. and wife, Miss Spann, had the fol- 
lowing children : 

1. Amanda Whitner married J. C. Kilpatrick. (See 
Kilpatrick Family.) 

2. B. F. Whitner, Jr., married Sarah Church. 

3. Joseph N. Whitner married 

4. John C. Whitner married Martha Cobb, sistei- 
to Howell and T. R. R. Cobb. 

2. B. F. Whitner, Jr., and wife, Sarah (Church) 
Whitner had the following children : 

A. Alonzo Church Whitner married 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 171 

B. B. F. Whitner married Elizabeth Randolph of 
Florida. 

3. Joseph N. Whitner married resided in 

Florida. 

4. John C, Whitner and wife, Martha (Cobb) 
Whitner had a number of children, one of whom, (A) 
John A. Whitner married Lidie Farrow, daughter of Col. 
H. P. Farrow and Cornelia (Simpson) Farrow. 

A. John A. Whitner and wife, Lidie (Farrow) 
Whitner had the following children : 

(The data could not be obtained for this.) 
IV. Judge Joseph N. Whitner and wife, Elizabeth 
Hampton (Harrison) Whitner had the following chil- 
dren : 

1. Joseph N. Whitner, Jr., married Amelia M. 
Howard, of Marion, S. C. 

2. Sarah F. Whitner married Elbert M. Rucker. 

3. James H. Whitner married Ellen Stovall of Au" 
gusta, Ga. 

4. Benjamin F. Whitner married Annie P. Church 
of Athens, Ga. 

5. Wm. W. Whitner married, first, Esther Sloan, no 
issue; second, Jane Randolph, of Florida — no issue. 

6. Elizabeth Toccoa Whitner married Col. Thos. J. 
Glover. 

7. Elias E. Whitner married, first, Miss Williams; 
second. Miss Duval of Virginia. 

8. Tallulah Whitner married Col. John L. Eubanks 
of Virginia. 

2. Sarah! Whitner and husband, Elbert R'jcker, 
had the following children : 

A. Joseph N. Rucker. 

B. Elizabeth Rucker married David S. Taylor. Jr. 

C. James H. Rucker — married. 

D. E. Marion Rucker married Miss Kinard of Co- 
lumbia, S. C. 



172 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

E. Guy G. Rucker — unmarried. 

B. Elizabeth Rucker married David S. Taylor, Jr. 
(See Taylor family.) 

4. Benjamin F. Whitner and wife, Annie P. 
(Church) Whitner, have the following children: 

A. Frank C. Whitner — unmarried. 

B. Annie Lee Whitner — died unmarried. 

C. James Harrison Whitner married Annie Barna 
of Atlanta, Ga., no issue. 

D. Wm. C. Whitner married Catherine Roddy of 
Rock Hill, S. C. 

E. Elizabeth H. Whitner married Wm. Latta Law. 

F. Hugh Earle Whitner — died unmarried. 

D. Wm. C. Whitner and wife, Catherine (Roddy) 
Whitner, have the following children : 

a. Wm. C. Whitner, Jr. 

b. Lyle R. Whitner.. 

c. Catherine Whitner. 

d. Anna B. Whitner. 

e. James Harrison Whitner. 

E. Elizabeth H. Whitner and husband, Wm. Latta 
Law, have the following children : 

a. Wm. Latta Law, Jr. 

b. Elizabeth Mclver Law. 

c. Margaret Law. 

d. Frank Whitner Law. 

e. Jane Law. 



HARRISON FAMILY. 



James Harrison, of Andersonville, S. C, a son ot 
James Harrison and Elizabeth (Hampton) Harrison, 
married Sarah Earle, daughter of Col. Elias Eearle and 
wife, Frances Wilton (Robinson) Earle, and had the 
following children : 

I. Elizabeth Hampton Harrison married Judge 
Jos. N. Whitner. (See Whitner Family.) 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 173 

II. Wm. Henry Harrison — died unmarried. 

III. Elias Earle Harrison — died unmarried. 

IV. Gen. James W. Harrison married Mary, daugh- 
ter of E. B. and Esther Benson, of Pendleton. 

V. Samuel Earle Harrison — died unmarried. 

VI. Francis Eugene Harrison married Anna, 
daughter of Rev. A. W. and Elizabeth Ross. 

IV. Gen. James W. and his wife, Mary (Benson) 
Harrison, had the following children : 

1. Elizabeth Harrison married Dr. Thomas T. 
Broyles — no issue. 

2. Lucia Harrison married Vincent F. Martin — no 
issue. 

3. Isham Harrison married Meta Darby — no issue. 

4. John B. Harrison married Imogene Baughn, of 
Baltimore — had children. 

5. Ida Harrison married Dr. B. D. Darby — had 
children. 

6. Nina Harrison married Samuel M. Van Wyck 
— had children. 

7. Frank E. Harrison married Miss Connor of 
Charleston — had children. 

8. George A. Harrison married Hannah Earle, or 
Spartanburg — had children. 

9. Josephine Harrison married Mr. Norman, of 
Walhalla — had children. 

VI. Francis Eugene Harrison married first Anna 
Ross and had the following children: 

1. Elizabeth Harrison — died unmarried. 

2. James Harrison married Martha Cunningham — 
had one child, Elizabeth. 

3. Sarah Harrison married Joseph G. Cunningham. 

4. Antoinette Harrison married E. Preston Earle 
(See Earle Family.) 

3. Sarah Harrison and husband, Joseph G. Cun- 
ningham, had the following children: 
A. Frank Harrison Cunningham. 



174 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

B. Joseph G. Cunningham, Jr. 

C. Anna Ross Cunningham. 

D. Thomas Harrison Cunningham. 

E. Jennie E. Cunningham. 

F. Sallie A. Cunningham. 

VI. Col. Francis E. Harrison married the second 
time and had the following children: 

1. Thomas P. Harrison. 

2. Dr. Frank Harrison. 

3. Harrison. 

Harrison, brother of Harrison, mar- 
ried and had one child, a daughter, who 

married Gen. Stephen D. Lee. 



ANDERSON FAMILY. 



John Anderson and his wife, Jean, came from Ire- 
land to Philadelphia and thence about 1735 they removed 
to Staunton, Va. They had among other children 

1. Robert Anderson. 

2. James Anderson. 

1. Robert Anderson married Ann Thomp- 
son, November 6th, 1765, and shortly thereafter removed 
to South Carolina and settled in that part of the State 
which afterwards was known as Pendleton District. 
Robert Anderson was an officer in the Revolutionary 
War and rose to rank of Colonel. After the war he was 
prominent in the organization of Pendleton District and 
was one among the Judges who held the first court in 
Pendleton District in 1790. He was subsequently ap- 
pointed Brigadier General of the militia and is now 
known as Gen. Robert Anderson. 

2. James Anderson married December 10th, 1771, 
Agnes Craig, of Augusta County, Virginia, and inl78G 
or 1789 he removed to Pendleton District. He was a 
captain in the Revolutionary War. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 175 

Gen. Robert Anderson and his wife, Ann Thompson, 
had five children : 

I. Elizabeth Anderson married Samuel MavericK. 
(See Maverick Family.) 

II. Mary Anderson married, first, Capt. Robert 
Maxwell; second, Mr. Corruth. 

III. Jane Anderson married Mr. Shaw, an English- 
man. 

IV. Annie Anderson married Dr. William Hunter. 
(See Hunter Family.) 

V. Robert Anderson married Maria Thomas from 
Nassau. 

II. Capt. Robert Maxwell who married Mary And- 
erson was a prominent citizen and officer in the Revolu- 
tionary War. He came from Ireland. At the close ot" 
the war he married and settled on Saluda River in Old 
Pendleton District. In 1797 he was shot from ambush 
and killed near his home and was buried in the family 
graveyard, and over his grave his son has erected a mon- 
ument which is still standing. Capt Robert Maxwell 
and wife, Mary (Anderson) Maxwell, had two sons: 

1. Capt. John Maxwell married Elizabeth Earie, 
daughter of Samuel Earle. 

2. Robert Anderson Maxwell married Mary Prince 
Earle, daughter of Samuel Earle. 

1. Capt. John Maxwell was a member of the Legis- 
lature and a member of the Secession Convention in 1860 
and 1861. He and his wife, Elizabeth (Earle) Maxv/ell. 
had the following children : 

A. Dr. Robert Maxwell married Lucy Sioan. 
daughter of David Sloan. 

B. Samuel Maxwell married Julia Keels. 

C. Harriet Maxwell married Dr. Baylis Earle. 

D. Mary Maxwell — died unmarried. 

E. Baylis Maxwell — died unmarried. 



176 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

F. Eliza Maxwell married Dr. Thos. Lewis, son of 
Overton Lewis. (See Lewis Family.) 

G. Dr. John H. Maxwell married Mary Alexander 
— no issue. 

H. Emily Maxwell married Joe Waymon. 

L Martha Maxwell married John Keels. 

J. Annie Maxwell married Maj. Benjamin Sloan. 

K. Miriam Maxwell — unmarried. 

B. Samuel Maxwell and wife, Julia (Keels) Max- 
well, had the following children: 

a. Frank Maxwell married Kate Sloan, daughter of 
Thos. Sloan. 

b. Keels Maxwell married Maud Shelton. 

c. Sue Maxwell married Dr. Thos. J. Pickens, son 
of Col. T. J. Pickens. (See Pickens Family.) 

a, Frank Maxwell and wife, Kate (Sloan) Max- 
well had the following children : 

Kate Maxwell married Edmund Cudworth. 
Nanny Maxwell married Ramie Hughes. 
George K. Maxwell married Miss Hutchinson. 
Traynham Maxwell — unmarried. 
Julia Maxwell married James Ansel. 
Annie Maxwell married Frank Crawford. 
Frank L. Maxwell — unmarried. 
Samuel E. Maxwell — unmarried. 
Sue Conyers Maxwell — unmarried. 

b. Keels Maxwell and wife, Maud (Sheldon) Max- 
well, had the following children : 

Sue Maxwell married Charles Neild. 
Mary Maxwell married Wm. Nix. 
Samuel E. Maxwell — unmarried. 
John H. Maxwell — unmarried. 

Fannie Maxwell married Ferguson. 

Thomas P. Maxwell — unmarried. 
Jesse Maxwell married Miss Murphy. 
Julia Maxwell — unmarried. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 177 

Lucian Maxwell — Unmarried. 

Olive Maxwell — unmarried. 

C. Harriet Maxwell and husband, Dr. Baylis Earle, 
had one child: 

a. Theron Earle married Miss Price. 

H. Emily Maxwell and husband, Joseph Waymon, 
had two children : 

a. Samuel Waymon, married. 

b. -Josephine Waymon married Mr. Houston. 

1. Martha Maxwell and husband, John Keels, had 
the following children : 

a. Fannie Keels married Dr. Swandale. 

b. John Keels — unmarried. 

c. Sue Keels married John G. Capers. 

d. Emily Keels married Frank Capers. 

J. Annie Maxwell and her husband, Maj. Benja- 
min Sloan, had one child, Annie Sloan who married Brad- 
shaw Beverly, of Virginia. She died and left one son, 
Benjamin Sloan Beverly. 

2. Robert A. Maxwell and wife, Mary Prince Earle, 
had the following children: 

A. Robert A. Maxwell, Jr., — unmarried. 

B. Anna M. Maxwell married Maj. John D. Wright, 
died in Confederate War. 

C. Harriet Earle Maxwell — unmarried. 

D. Maria Louisa Maxwell married Col. Thos. J. 
Warren — killed in Confederate war. 

E. Mary E. Maxwell married Prof. J. R. Blake — 
no issue. 

F. Priestly Maxwell — died unmarried. 

G. T. Edward Maxwell — killed in Confederate War. 

B. Anna M. Maxwell and her husband, Maj. John 
D. Wright, had two children, Richard M. Wright and 
Maria Louisa Wright, both of whom died unmarried. 

D. Maria Louisa Maxwell and her husband. Col. 
Thomas J. Warren, had three children : 



178 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

a. Robert Maxwell Warren — unmarried — killed 
on railroad train. 

b. Elizabeth Taylor Warren — unmarried. 

c. Mary Earle Warren married William P. Pickens, 
son of Col. T. J. Pickens. 

c. Mary Earle Warren and her husband, William 
P. Pickens, have one child, Robert Warren Pickens. 

II. Mary (Anderson) Maxwell, after the death of 
her husband, Capt. Robert Maxwell, married a Mr. Cor- 
routh and they had one child, Louisa Corrouth, who mar- 
ried General Gilliam, of Greenwood, S. C. — no issue. 

V. Robert Anderson, Jr., and his wife, Maria Tho- 
mas, had the following children : 

1. Martha Anaerson married Samuel Boimeau 
Pickens, grandson of Gen. A. Pickens^ — no issue. 

2. Robert Anderson married Mary Barksdae Pick- 
ens, grand-daughter of Gen. A. Pickens. 

3. Thomas Anderson married Susan Jenkins, sis- 
ter of Dr. William L. Jenkins. 

4. Ann Anderson married Jos. Pickens Harris, 
grandson of Gen. A. Pickens. (See Harris Family.) 

5. Edmund Anderson married Miss Mclver. 

6. Edward Anderson — unmarried. 

7. John Anderson married Kate Bissell. 

8. Caroline Anderson married Leroy Halsey, D. D. 

9. Julius Anderson — unmarried. 

10. William H. Anderson married Miss Burcnmyer. 

2. Robert Anderson and his wife, Mary Barksdale 
Pickens, grand-daughter of General Pickens, had the 
following children : 

A. Eliza Anderson. 

B. Mary Anderson. 

C. Maria Anderson 

D. Annie Anderson. 

E. Kizzie Anderson. 

F. Susan Anderson. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 179 

G. Pickens Anderson. 

H; Septima Anderson. 

I. Robert Anderson. 

J. Kate Anderson. 

K. Barksdale Anderson. 

L. Rosalie Anderson. 

3. Thomas Anderson and wife, Susan (Jenkins) 
Anderson, had the following children : 

A. Martha J. Anderson. 

B. Robert Anderson. 

C. Thomas Anderson. 

D. William Anderson. 

E. Julius Anderson. 

F. Annie Anderson. 

5. Edmund Anderson and wife. Miss Mclver, had 
one daughter who married Rev. W. A. Rogers. 

7. John Anderson and wife, Kate (Bissell) Ander- 
son, had the following children: 

A. Robert Maxw^ell Anderson. 

B. Bissell Anderson. 

C. Edward Anderson. 

D. Claudia Anderson. 

E. Samuel Pickens Anderson. 

8. Caroline Anderson and husband, Rev. Leroy 
Halsey, had the following children : 

A. John Halsey. 

B. Martha Halsey. 

C. Leroy Halsey (2) 

D. Lucy Halsey. 

E. Samuel Pickens Halsey. 

10. William H. Anderson and wife, Miss Burch- 
myer, had one son, Samuel Pickens Anderson. 

Capt. James Anderson, brother of Gen. Robert 
Anderson, and wife, Agnes Craig, had eleven children, 
seven daughters and four sons, all of whom are dead 
and their children have removed to other states, except 



180 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

Dr. William Anderson. Dr. William Anderson jnarried 
Mary McE. Hunter (Mary Hunter was a daughter ot 
Thomas and Sarah Gilkie Hunter. This was a brother 
of John Hunter and came from Ireland) and resided at 
the place called Orrville, ten miles east of Pendleton. He 
was a noted man, of large means. His children were : 

A. R. Harrison Anderson married Miss Mc- 

Conn, daughter of H. McConn. 

B. W. Anderson. 

C. Mrs. S. C. McLees, of South Carolina. 

D. Mrs. R. H. Reid, of South Carolina. 

E. Mrs. Ann E. Tarrant, of South Carolina. 

F. Mrs. Eliza C. Orr,of Atlanta, Ga. 

G. Mrs. A. L. Burkhead, of Virginia. 

H. Mrs. Augusta V. Anderson, of Alabama. 

I. Miss Belle Anderson, of Alabama — unmarried. 

The other two brothers of Gen. Robert Anderson 
and Capt. James Anderson were william Anderson who 
moved to Kentucky and Andrew remained at the old 
homestead in Virginia. All four brothers were officers 
in the Revolutionary War. 

A. R. Harrison Anderson and wife, Josephine 
(McConn) Anderson, had the following children: 

a. Ida N. Anderson married J. D. Smith. 

b. Hampton G. Anderson married Olive J::>rown. 

c. Julius H. Anderson married Mary Norris. 

d. Minnie M. Anderson Married Dr. M. A. Thomp- 



son. 



e. Wm. DeWitte Anderson — unmarried. 



HUNTER FAMILY. 



Hunter married Mary McEldownle. They 

lived and died in Ireland. They had a number of chil- 
dren, one John Hunter, who came to Carlisle, Pennsyl- 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 181 

vania, and died there. John Hunter married, first, Mar- 
garet , 1774, and had three children : 

I. Dr. William Hunter married Ann Anderson, 
daughter of Gen, Robert Anderson. 

n. Jennie Hunter. 

HI. James Hunter married Sarah Folk. 

John Hunter married Mary Crawford in 1781 and 
had the following children : 

IV. Joseph Hunter. 

V. D. John Hunter mar,ried Catherine Pickens, 
daughter of Gen. Andrew Pickens. 

VI. Margaret Hunter. 

VII. Mary Hunter — never married — was a noted 
school mistress in Pendleton. 

VIII. Thomas Hunter. 

IX. Robert Hunter. 

X. Cyrus and Crawford Hunter — twins (died). 

XI. Joseph Crawford Hunter. 

XII. Mandana Hunter — never married. 

XIII. Etherlinda Hunter — never married. 

XIV. Cyrus Hunter. 

I. Dr. William Hunter and wife, Ann (Anderson) 
Hunter, had the following children. 

1. Wm. Hunter married first ; second. 

Miss McFall — no issue. 

2. John Hunter — unmarried. 

3. Ann Hunter married Smith. 

4. Mary Hunter married Rev. David Humphreys 
— no issue. 

5. Andrew Hunter married Mary Simpson. 

5. Andrew Hunter and wife, Mary (Simpson) 
Hunter, had the following children: 

—A. William Simpson Hunter married Nina D. Lew- 
is, daughter of J. J. Lewis. 

B. Mary Alice Hunter married E. B. Farmer. 

C. Agnes L. Hunter married J. L. Farmer. 



182 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

D. Annie M. Hunter — unmarried. 

A. William Simpson Hunter and wife, Nina D. 
(Lewis) Hunter had the following children: 

a. Carrie Lewis Hunter. 

b. May Reamer Hunter — dead. 

c. Sue Ellen Hunter. 

d. Annie Hunter. 

B. Mary Alice Hunter and her husband, E. B. Far- 
mer, had the following children: 

a. Mary Hunter Farmer. 

b. Cathline B. Farmer. 

c. Louise Farmer. 

d. Andrew E. Farmer. 

e. Nina Lewis Farmer. 

f. Alice Farmer. 

g. Nathaniel Farmer, 
h. Edwin Farmer. 

C. Agnes L. Hunter and husband, J. L. Farmer, 
had the following children : 

a. W. Frank Farmer. 

b. Mary Reamer Farmer. 

c. Annie Hunter Farmer. 

d. James L. Farmer. 

e. Robert Farmer. 

f. Joseph Simpson Farmer. 

g. Lewis Hunter Farmer, 
h. Wm. Anderson Farmer. 

HL James Hunter and wife, Sarah (Folk) Hunter 
had the following children : 

1. Sarah Ann Hunter married Carter Clayton. 

2. John Folk Hunter — never married. Commana- 
ed a regiment from Pennsylvania in Mexican War, was 
presented with a sword by the Legislature of Pennsyl- 
vania, which sword is now owned by his nepnew, M. M. 
Hunter. He removed to Pendleton after the Mexican 
War. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON • 153 

3. Mary Crawford Hunter — never married. 

4. William Hunter married Sallie Ellenburg. 

5. Thomas Hunter — unmarried. 

6. James Hunter married Eliza Norton. 

7. Etherlinda Hunter married Madison Barton — 
no issue. 

8. Susan Hunter married John McDaniel. 

9. — ■ Hunter married Emily Halium. 

6. James Hunter and wife, Eliza (Norton) Hunter, 

had the following children : 

A. Virginia Eliza Hunter married J. C. Stribling. 

B. J. Norton Hunter married Nettie Pinkhina. 

C. James T. Hunter married Eliza Earle Gaiilard. 

D. Miles M. Hunter married Pauline Gaillarcl. 

E. Elizabeth S. Hunter married E. L. C. Terrie. 

A. Virginia Eliza Hunter and her hus'oand, J. C. 
Stribling, had the following children : 

a. Harry Lee Stribling married Ella M. Osborne, 
of Atlanta. 

b. Jesse C. Stribling married Meta Henshall. 

c. James Hunter Stribling — unmarried. 

d. Mary Eliza Stribling — unmarried. 

e. Thomas E. Stribling — died unmarried. 

f. Elizabeth Stribling — unmarried. 

g. Roxie Alice Stribling — unmarried. 

a. Harry Lee Stribling and wife, Ella M. Osborne 
Stribling, have the following children : 
Augustus Lee Stribling. 
Raymond W. Stribling. 
Robert Stribling. 

B. J. Norton Hunter and wife, Nettie (Pinkhind) 
Hunter, have one child, Aneska Hunter. 

C. James T. Hunter and wife, Eliza E. (Gaiilard) 
Hunter, have the following children : 

a. Thomas Earle Hunter — died unmarried. 



184 , HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

b. James William Hunter married Kate Skinner, 
of Raleigh, N. C. 

c. Miles Norton Hunter — unmarried. 

d. Sallie Gaillard Hunter — died unmarried. 

e. Louise Hunter — unmarried. 

D. Miles M. Hunter and wife, Pauline (Gaillard) 
Hunter, have the following children: 

a. Bessie Hunter. 

b. Ben Gaillard Hunter. 

c. Ralph Hunter. 

d. Sallie Sloan Hunter. 

e. James Hunter. 

f. Pauline Hunter. 

g. Miles Hunter. 

E. Elizabeth S. Hunter and husband, E. L. C. Ter- 
rie, have the following children: 

a. Edwin L. Terrie. 

b. James Hunter Terrie. 

c. Nettie Pinkhind Terrie. 



ROSS FAMILY. 



Rev. Anthony Ross, a Presbyterian minister, came 
from North Carolina to Pendleton early in the eighteenth 
century. He married Elizabeth Whitner, daughter of 
Joseph Whitner, the boy emigrant, and twin sister of 
Judge Joseph N . Whitner. They had the following 
children : 

I. Anna E. Ross married Col. Frank E. Harrison. 
(See Harrison Family.) 

II. Joseph Whitner Ross — died unmarried. 

III. Henry Ross — died unmarried. 

IV. Anthony W. Ross married Miss McCown of 
Marion, S. C. 

V. Julius N. Ross — killed in the Confederate War 
— unmarried. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 185 

VL Sarah Ross married W. Y. Miller. 

IV. Anthony W. Ross and wife, Miss (McCown) 
Ross, had one "child: 

1. Henry Ross. 

VI. Sarah Ross and husband, W. Y. Miller, had 
the following children : 

1. Willie Miller married J. T. Price — no issue. 

2. Nettie Miller married Dr. F. L. Narramore 
— no issue. 

3. Julius Ross Miller married Mary Mattison. 

4. Joseph W. Miller — unmarried. 

3. Julius Ross Miller and wife, Mary Mattison, 
had the following children : 

A. Lydia M. Miller. 

B. Edith Miller. 

C. William Y. Miller, Jr. 



NEWTON FAMILY. 



Isaac Newton and wife, Sarah Spicu, were residents 
of Caroline County, Virginia. When their eldest son, 
Willis, was fourteen years of age (that is 1815) they 
removed to South Carolina and settled a few miles east 
of Pendleton. They had the following children: 

I. Willis Newton married first, Ruth Swords; sec- 
ond. Widow Dickson. 

II. Patsy Newton. 

III. Catherine Newton. 

IV. Frances Newton. 

V. Isaac Newton. 

I. Willis Newton and Ruth (Swords) Newton had 
the following children: 

1. Mary Newton married, first, Warren Forsyth; 
second, John Hinton. 

2. Larkin Newton married Ruth Welborn. 

3. John S. Newton married Eveline Neighbors. 



186 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

4. Sarah Newton married Johnson. 

2. Larkin Newton and wife, Ruth (Welborn) Nev/- 
ton, had the following children: 

A. J. C. C. Newton married Letty Lay. 

B. Marion Newton married Ellen Martin. 

C. Josephus Newton married Alice Boggs. 

D. Olivia Newton married J. W. Evatt. 

E. Julius Newton married, first, Florrie Carson; 
second, Miss Ellis. 

F. Lula Newton married W. H. Martin. 

G. Henry Newton. 

A. Rev. J. C. C. Newton, of the Methodist Church, 
has been for years a missionary in Japan. He and his 
wife, Letty (Lay) Newton, have the following children: 

(Could not get data) 

C. Josephus Newton and wife, Alice (Boggs) 
Newton, have the following children : 
(Could not get data.) 

B. Marion Newton and wife, Ellen (Martin) New- 
ton, had the following children: 

(Could not get data.) 

F. Lula F. Newton and her husband, W. H. Mar- 
Newton, had the following children: 
(Could not get data.) 

3. John S. Newton and wife, Eveline (Neighbors) 
Newton, had the following children; 

A. Matilda Newton married J. W. Evatt. 

B. Sarah R. Newton married M. B. Richardson. 

C. Leard Newton married Mary Boggs. - 

D. Annie Newton married C. J. Boggs. ■ 

E. Emmie J. Newton — unmarried. 

F. J. Willis Newton married Lillie Reeves — no 
issue. 

G. J. Calhoun Newton married Alice Day. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 187 

B. Sarah R. Newton and husband, M. B. Richard- 
son, had the following children : 

a. Henry Richardson. 

b. Effie Richarson married Andrea — had one child. 

c. Sallie Richardson. 

C. Leard Ne\\i;on and wife, Mary (Boggs) New- 
ton, had the following children : 

a. Eva Newton, 
b. . Bessie Newton. 

c. Wilmer Newton. 

d. Nellie Newton. 

e. Alice Beth Newton. 

f. Blanche Newton. 

D. Annie Newton and husband, C. J. Boggs, have 
the following children : 

a. DeWitt Boggs. 

b. Annie Lee Boggs. 

c. Ruth Boggs. 

G. L Calhoun Newton and wife, Alice Lay Newton, 
have one child : 

a. Ellen Newton. 

4. Sarah Newton and husband Johnson, 

had the following children: 

A. Sedgwick Johnson married Ellen Brewer. 

B. John Thomas Johnson. 

A. Sedgwick Johnson and wife, Ellen (Brewer) 
Johnson, had the following children: 

a. Lizzie Johnson married Joseph Bates. 

b. James Johnson — died unmarried. 

c. Edward Johnson. 

d. Hampton Johnson married Delia Harris. 

e. May Johnson married S. E. Whitten. 

f. Bessie Johnson. 

g. Gertrude Johnson, 
h. Grayton Johnson. 



188 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

e. May Johnson and husband, S. E. Whitten, have 
three children : 

Thelma Whitten. 
Allie Whitten. 
May Whitten. 




GENERAL ANDREW PICKENS. 



(This sketch was taken from the obituary of General Pickens 
published in the Pendleton Messenger on the 27th day of August, 
1817.) 



Was born in Buck County, Pennsylvania, September 
13, 1739, and died August 11th, 1817. His ancestors 
left France after the Edict of Nantes. They went first 
to Scotland, then to Ireland and then to America. The 
family then removed to Augusta County, Virginia, and 
soon after to the WaxhaM's in South Carolina before he 
had attained the age of manhood. In 1761 he served 
as a volunteer with Moultrie and Marion, in a bloody 
but successful expedition under Colonel Grant against 
the Cherokees. After the termination of that war he 
removed to Long Cane settlement in Abbeville. At an 
early period he took a positive stand against Great Brit- 
ain, and at the commencement of the war was appointed 
captain of militia ; rose to Major, Colonel and Brigadier 
General. In the most despondent period of the war with 
such leaders as Sumter and Marion he kept up the spirit 
of resistance against the British, Tories and Indians. 
In 1781 he commanded in chief the expedition against 
the Cherokees in the northwest corner of the State and 
such was his success in a short time he so subdued the 
spirit of that then powerful nation that a peace so perma- 
nent was effected that it since has not been disturbed. 
He fought at Cowpens, Eutaw, King's Mountain, and in 
many minor engagements both with British and Indians. 
In fact he stood as- a power of strength, and was the 
great protector of aU the Whig settlers in upper South 
Carolina. Peace being restored he served his country 



190 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

continuously in some public office until 1801. He made 
a treaty with the Cherokees by which that territory 
embraced in the counties of Greenville, Anderson, Pick- 
ens, and Oconee was ceded to the State. This treaty was 
made at Hopewell on the banks of the Seneca River near- 
by Cherry's Crossing on the Blue Ridge Railroad. Soon 
after this treaty General Pickens removed to Hopewell 
and erected a dwelling on the hill a short distance from 
the tree under which the treaty was made. He owned a 
large body of land on Seneca River, the lower part of 
which he subsequently gave to his son, Ezekiel Pickens. 
He served in the State Convention, in the Legislature and 
in Congress. He was appointed Major General of mili- 
tia. While residing at Hopewell, he with Gen. Robert 
Anderson, built the first Presbyterian Church near 
where the old Stone Church now stands. When Pendle- 
ton District was formed he was one of the county judges, 
and held the first court ever held therein. About what 
time he removed to his beautiful and valuable farm, 
Tomassee, now in Oconee County, is not known, but he 
was evidently residing there when the war of 1812 broke 
out. In this emergency he was again pressed into pub- 
lic service. He accepted a seat in the Legislature and 
was pressed to accept the office of Governor at this event- 
ful crisis, which he declined because he thought the office 
should be left to more youthful hands. He died August 
11th, 1817, and was buried at the Old Stone Church. 
Early in life General Pickens married Rebecca Calhoun, 
March 19th, 1765, a sister of John Ewing Calhoun who 
was a senator in Congress, and the daughter of Ezekiel 
Calhoun, the brother of Patrick Calhoun. They had a 
numerous family: 

I. Mary Pickens married John Harris. 

II. Ezekiel Pickens married, first, Elizabeth Bon- 
neau ; second, Eliza Barksdale. 

/HI. Ann Pickens married John Simpson — moved 
away. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 191 

IV. Jane Pickens married Dr. John Miller — moved 
to Mississippi. 

V. Margaret Pickens married Dr. George Bowie 
— moved to Alabama. 

VI. Andrew Pickens married, first, Susan Wilkin- 
son ; second, Mary Nelson, of Virginia — no issue. 

VII. Rebecca Pickens married William Noble, 
son of Maj. Alexander Noble. 

VIII. Catherine Pickens married Dr. John Hunter 
— moved to Alabama. 

IX. Joseph Pickens married Caroline Henderson 
— moved to Alabama. 

I. Mary Pickens and her husband, John Harris, 
had the following children : 



1. 


Andrew Harris. 


2. 


John Harris. 


3. 


Rebecca Harris. 


4. 


Mary Harris. 


5. 


Ezekiel Harris. 


6. 


Nathaniel Harris. 


7. 


Thomas Harris. 


8. 


Joseph Harris. 


9. 


Eliza Harris. 


10. 


Benjamin Harris. 



II. Ezekiel Pickens and wife, Elizabeth (Bonneau) 
Pickens, had the following children: (Elizabeth Bon- 
neau was a sister to Floride Bonneau who married Coi. 
John Ewing Calhoun and whose daughter married John 
C. Calhoun.) 

1. Ezekiel Pickens (Second) — unmarried. 

2. Samuel Pickens married Martha Anderson — no 
issue — moved to Alabama. 

3. Andrew Pickens — accidentally shot. 

4. Elizabeth Pickens married Gov. Patrick Noble. 



192 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

4. Elizabeth Pickens and husband, Gov. Patrick 
Noble, had the following children: 

A. Ezekiel Noble. 

B. Floride Noble. 

C. Patrick Noble. 

D. Edward Noble. 

E. Alexander Noble. 

F. Elizabeth Noble. 

G. Samuel Noble. 

II. Ezekiel Pickens and his second wife, Eliza 
(Barksdale) Pickens, had the following children: 

1. Thomas J. Pickens married Kizziah A. Miles. 

2. Andrew Pickens married, first, Agnes Bell; 
second, Mary Boone. 

3. Mary Pickens married Robert- Anderson, grand- 
son of Gen. Robert Anderson. 

1. Col. Thomas J. Pickens married K. A. (Miles) 
Pickens and had the following children : 

A. Dr. Thomas J. Pickens married Sue Maxwell. 
Vj B. Eliza p. Pickens — unmarried. 

C. J. Miles Pickens — unmarried. 

D. Ezekiel Pickens — died unmarried. 

E. Col. Samuel B. Pickens married Anna In- 
graham. 

F. Anna Pickens married Jerry Miles. 

G. Mary Pickens married Dr. Chas. Davant — no 
issue. 

H. Andrew Pickens — died unmarried. 

I. Kizzie Pickens married Frank Waring. 

J. Francis Pickens married Lou Pickens, of Ala- 
bama. 

NOTE — Maj. Alexander Noble married Catherine Calhoun, 
daughter of Ezekiel Calhoun and sister of Rebecca, wife of Gen. 
Andrew Pickens. Their children were William, John, Ezekiel, 
Patrick, Catherine, Alexander and Joseph. William Noble mar- 
ried Rebecca, daughter of Gen. Andrew Pickens. Patrick, his 
brother, married Elizabeth, daughter of Ezekiel Pickens, son of 
Gen. Andrew Pickens. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 193 

K. Patrick Pickens married, first, Miss Pettigrew; 
second, Annie Waring. 

L. Wm. P. Pickens married Mary Warren. 

A. Dr. Thos. J. Pickens and wife, Sue (Maxwell) 
Pickens, had the following children: 

a. Samuel Pickens married Nellie Trowbridge. 

b. Julia Pickens married William Gaillard — no 
issue. 

c. Sue Conye.rs Pickens married Julius A. Shank- 
lin. (See Shanklin Family.) 

a. Samuel Pickens married Nellie Trowbridge and 
they have the following children : 
Joel C. Pickens. 
Thomas T. Pickens. 
Samuel M, Pickens, Jr. 
Jessie C. Pickens. 
Phillip A. Pickens. 
Nellie Sue Pickens. 
. Julia Eliza Pickens. 

E. Col. Samuel B. Pickens and wife, Anna (In- 
graham) Pickens, had the following children: 

a. Mary Pickens married James Simons. 

b. Eliza Pickens — unmarried. 

c. Emily Pickens — unmarried. 

d. Anna Belle Pickens. 

e. Floride Pickens. 

f. Hallie Pickens. 

F. Anna Pickens and husband, Jerry Miles, have 
the following children: 

a. Allen Miles. 

b. Jerry Miles. 

c. Samuel Miles. 

I. Kizzie Pickens and husband, Frank Waring, 
have one child : 

a. Kizzie Waring. 



194 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

J. Francis Pickens and wife, Lou (Pickens) Pick- 
ens, have the following children : 
(Could not get data.) 

K. Patrick Pickens and second wife, Annie War- 
ing Pickens, have the following children: 
(No data.) 

L. William P. Pickens and wife, Mary (Warren) 
Pickens, have the following children : 
a. Robert Warren Pickens. 

2. Andrew Pickens and first wife, Agnes (Bell) 
Pickens, had three children: 

A. Ezekiel Pickens — died unmarried. 

B. Rebecca Pickens married Captain Sally, of 
Orangeburg. 

C. Eliza Pickens — unmarried. 

2. Andrew Pickens and second wife, Mary (Boon) 
Pickens, had two children : 

A. Andrew Pickens. 

B. Mary Pickens. 

3. Mary Pickens and husband, Robert Anderson, 
had fourteen children. (See Anderson Family.) 

in. Ann Pickens, born 1770, and husband, John 
Simpson, had the following children : 

1. Leah Simpson. 

2. Rebecca Simpson. 

3. Andrew Simpson. 

4. John Simpson. 

5. Ezekiel Simpson. 

6. Jane Simpson. 

IV. Jane Pickens and husband. Dr. John Miller, 
had the following children : 

1. Robert Miller. 

2. John Miller. 

3. Eliza Miller. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 195 

V. Margaret Pickens and husband, Dr. George 
Bowie, had children : 
1. Louisa Bowie. 

VL Gov. Andrew Pickens and first wife, Susan 
(Wilkinson) Pickens, had the following children. 

1. Gov. Francis W. Pickens, married first, Miss 
Simpkins; second. Miss Marion Dearing; third, Miss Lu- 
cy Holcombe. 

2. Susan Pickens married James M. Calhoun — 
moved to Alabama. 

1. Gov. Francis W. Pickens married, first; Eliza 
Simpkins; second, Marion Dearing; and third, Lucy Hol- 
combe. 

Children by first marriage are; 

A. Susan Pickens. 

B. Eliza Pickens. 

C. Maria Pickens. 

D. Eldred Pickens. 

Children by second marriage are : 

A. Jeannie Pickens married Mitchell Whaley. 

Children by the third wife are : 
A. Doiiskah Pickens married Dr. Dugas. They 
had two children : 

a. Lucy Dugas married B. R. Tillman, Jr. 

b. Dolly Dugas married J. C. Sheppard, Jr. 

2. Susan Pickens and husband, Jas. M. Calhoun, 
had the following children : 

A. Andrew Calhoun. 

B. Susan Calhoun. 

C. Francis Calhoun. 

D. Sarah Calhoun. 

E. John Calhoun. 

Vn. Rebecca Pickens and husband, Wm. Noble, 
had the following children : 

1. William Noble — married. 



196 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

2. Andrew Noble — married. 

3. Ezekiel Noble. 

4. Samuel Noble 

5. Joseph Noble. 

VIII. Catherine Pickens and husband, Dr. John 
Hunter, had the following children : 

1. Maria Hunter. 

2. Margaret Hunter. 

3. Eliza Hunter. 

4. Andrew Hunter. 

5. Ezekiel Hunter. 

6. Joseph Hunter. 

IX. Joseph Pickens and wife, Caroline (Hender- 
son) Pickens, had the following children: 

1. Sarah Pickens. 

2. Rebecca Pickens. 

3. Joseph Pickens. 

4. Henderson Pickens. 

5. Andrew Pickens. 



OWEN FAMILY. 



Obediah Owen married Patsy Ford and had the fol- 
lowing children : 

I. Nancy Owen married Dr. Estes (Micaja). 

II. Kiszice Owen married Fant Forbes. 

III. Cinthia Owen married Wm. Brewer. 

IV. Jane Owen married Jesse Martin. — — 

V. Lavisa Owen married John Banks. 

VI. Elijah Owen married Patsy Kelly. 

VII. Wm. Owen married Tabetha Brewer. 

VIII. John Owen married Catherine Owen. 

IX. Joshua Owen married Drucilla Watson. 

IX. John Owen and wife, Catherine Owen, had no 
children. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 197 

John Owen married the second time, Judy R. Owen, 
and they had four children : 

1. W. F. C. Owen married Miss Sharp. 

2. E. Lee Owen married Miss Hammond. 

3. Ada Owen married W. G. Wilson. 

4. Theo. Owen married Augustus Mitchel. 

1. W. F. C. Owen and wife, Miss Sharp, had the 
following children : 

A. Raymond Owen. 

B. Harrold Owen. 

C. Ralph Owen. 

D. Ruth Owen. 

E. Vera Owen. 

F. Fred Owen. 

2. E. Lee Owen and wife. Miss Hammond, had the 
following children : 

A. John Owen. 

B. Clifton L. Owen. 

C. Dessie R. Owen. 

D. Meta Owen. 

E. E. Lee Owen, Jr. 

3. Ada Owen and husband, W. G. Wilson, have the 
following children : 

A. 0. E. Wilson. 

B. James T. Wilson. 

C. Wm. W. Wilson. 

D. Lelia A. Wilson. 

E. Wilton G. Wilson. 

F. Eva D. Wilson. 

G. Lawrence G. Wilson. 
H. U. G. Wilson. 

4. Theodocia Owen and husband, Augustus Mit- 
chel, have the following children: 

A. Olin O. Mitchel. 

B. Jane A. Mitchel. 



198 . HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

C. Judy R. Mitchel. 

D. Percy A. Mitchel. 

E. Edna Mitchel. 



MARTIN FAMILY. 



Edmond Martin married Katherine Crenshaw and 
moved from Virginia, 1803, and settled on Six-and- 
Twenty-Mile Creek. He had the following children : 

L Johnson Martin married Polly Brewer. 

II. Jesse Martin married Jane Owen. 

III. Edmund Martin married Cynthia Robertson. 

IV. Anderson Martin married Lucinda Elliott. 

V. Stephen Martin married, first, Sophrony Ford; 
second, Rosa McKinney. 

VI. Mary Martin married Wm. Ford. 

VII. Jane Martin married B. F. Evatt. 

II. Jesse Martin and wife, Jane (Owen) Martin, 
had the following children : 

1. Warren J. Martin married, first, Mary J. Wat- 
kins; second, Sarah M. Reeves. 

2. N. E. Martin married Matthew Crenshaw. 

3. Martha C. Martin — never married. 

4. Newton T. Martin married Mary Lay. 

5. Martha C. Martin married W. C. Mullinix. 

6. Wm. A. Martin married Rebecca J. Fielding. 

7. Berry T. Martin married Mary McPhail. 

8. Lavisa Martin — never married. 

1. Warren J. Martin and wife, Mary J. (Watkins) 

Martin, have the following children: 

A. Ellen J. Martin married Marion W. Newton. 

B. Amanda Martin married James L. Crenshaw. 

C. Savilla J. Martin married James F. Lay. 

D. Georgia Ann Martin married W. A. Boggs. 

E. Holbert J. Martin — unmarried. 

F. Munro L. Martin married Delia Hamilton. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 199 

G. Felix B. Martin married Corry Webb. 

A. Ellen J. Martin and husband, Marion W. New- 
ton, have twelve children as follows : 

Oscar, Silas, Jane, Sarah, Clayton, Henry, Mary, 
Ruth, and others — names unknown. 

B. Amanda Martin and husband, Jas. L. Crenshaw, 
have the following children : 

a. Rula Jane Crenshaw. 

b. Jesse Crenshaw. 

c. Martin L. Crenshaw. 

d. Bluford Crenshaw. 

C. Savilla J. Martin and husband, James F. Lay, 
have the following children : 

a. Mary E. Lay. 

b. Birdie J. Lay. 

c. Sallie Lay. 

d. James F. Lay. 

D. Georgia Ann Martin and husband, W. A. Boggs, 
have the following children : 

a. Claude Boggs. 

b. Norman Boggs. 

F. Munro L. Martin and wife, Delia (Hamilton) 
Martin, have the following children: 

a. Edgar Martin. 

b. Fanny Belle Martin. 

c. Leonard Martin. 

G. Felix B. Martin and wife, Corry (Webb) Mar- 
tin, have the following children : 

(No data). 

2. Nancy E. Martin and husband, Matthew Cren- 
shaw, have the following children: 

A. Lemuel Crenshaw married Mattie Boggs. 

B. Lou Crenshaw married Samuel P. Hall. (See 
Hall Family). 



200 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

4. Newton T. Martin and wife, Mary (Lay) Mar- 
tin, have the following children : 

A. Charles Martin. 

B. Jesse Martin, 

C. Mary Martin. 

D. Walter Martin. 

E. James Martin. 

5. Martha C. Martin and husband, W. C. Mullinix, 
have the following children : 

A. James Mullinix. 

B. William C. Mullinix. 

7. Berry T. Martin and wife, Mary McPhail, have 
the following children: 

A. Mac Martin. 

B. Gus Martin. 

C. William Martin. 

D. Clarence Martin. 

E. Lizzie Martin. 

F. Melvina Martin. 

G. Lois Martin. 

6. Wm. A. Martin and wife, Rebecca (Fielding) 
Martin, had one child : 

A. W. Henry Martin married Lula Newton. 



TRESCOT. 



/^ 



William Henry Trescot was born on one of the is- 
lands on the coast of South Carolina and removed to Pen- 
dleton, where he died and was buried in the Episcopal 
churchyard in Pendleton. His father was Henry Tres- 
cot, and his mother was Sarah McCrady. He married 
Eliza N. Cuthbert, daughter of Thonias Heyward Cuth- 
bert and his wife, Eliza N. Barnwell. Mr. Trescot was 
the Assistant Secretary of State under President Buc- 
hanan and was acting Secretary of State when South 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 201 

Carolina seceded. He resigned his office and returned 
to South Carolina. He never sought office. He was an 
author of distinction and an international lawyer of rep- 
utation. He negotiated many valuable and important 
treaties and M^as the author of the inscription on the mon- 
ument erected to the memory of the Confederate dead 
in Columbia, which beautifully describes the patriotic 
impulses that governed his faith and actions. 

William Henry Trescot and his wife, Eliza N. (Cuth- 
bert) Trescot, had seven children, namely: 

I. Stephen Barnwell Trescot married Elizabeth 
Worthington. 

n. Thomas Cuthbert Trescot — unmarried. 

HI. Henry S. Trescot married Ella Holmes. 

IV. Wm. Bull Trescot — died unmarried. 

V. Edward Amory Trescot — unmarried. 

VI. Katherine B. Trescot — unmarried. 

VII. Sarah McCrady Trescot — unmarried. 

I. Stephen Barnwell Trescot and his wife, Eliza- 
beth (Worthington) Trescot, had the following children: 

1. Wm. Henry Trescot — died in infancy. 

2. Bessie Trescot — unmarried. 

3. Stephenena Trescot — unmarried. 

III. Henry S. Trescot and his wife, Ella (Holmes) 
Trescot, have the following children: 

1. Harry Trescot. 

2. John Trescot. 

3. Warley Trescot. 



WARLEY FAMILY. 



Jacob Warley married Sophia Eraser and had the 
following children : 

I. Jacob Warley — died unmarried. 

II. Capt. Alex. Warley married, first, Miss Emily- 
Forrest; second. Miss Isabella Huger. 



202 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

III. Sophia Warley married F. D. Wagner — no is- 
sue. 

IV. Elizabeth Warley married, first Mr. Schuttz; 
second, Mr. Bourne — no issue. 

V. Hamilton Warley — died unmarried. 

VI. Col. Frederick Warley married Miss Rowena 
Law — no issue. Killed in Confederate War. 

VII. Anna Warley married John H. Holmes. 

VIII. Ella Warley married T. D. Wagner. 

IX. Felix Warley — died unmarried. 

II. Capt. Alex. Warley and wife. Miss Huger, have 
the following children : 

1. Allen Warley, 

2. Sophia Warley. 

3. Theodore Warley. 

4. Felix Warley. 

VII. Anna Warley and husband, John H. Holmes, 
have the following children : 

1. Henry Holmes married Miss Gibbs — no issue. 

2. Edward Holmes — died unmarried. 

3. Ella Holmes married Henry S. Trescot. (See 
Trescot Family.) 

4. Emmie Holmes married Legare Walker. 

5. Felix Holmes married Miss Kate Bonneau — is- 
sue, three children. Marie Anna Holmes; Felix Cheves 
Holmes ; Catherine Warley Holmes. 

6. Fredericka Holmes married Dr. A. C. Strick- 
land — no issue. 

7. Wm. Holmes married Miss Sue Pope. 

4. Emmie Holmes and her husband, Legare Walker, 
have the following children : 

A. Emily St. P. Walker. 

B. Ruth Holmes Walker. 

7. Wm. Holmes and wife, Sarah (Pope) Holmes, 
have the following children : 
A. Susie Marian Holmes. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 203 

B. John H. Holmes. 

C. Anna W. Holmes. 

Vni. Ella Warley and her husband, T. D. Wagner, 
had the following children : 

1. Anna Wagner married W. H. Talley. 

2. Ella Wagner married Clayton Woods. 

3. Dora Wagner married E. O. Woods. 



STRIBLING FAMILY. 



Thomas Stribling came to America in 1710 and set- 
tled in Stafford County, Virginia. Died 1755. In 1715 
he married Elizabeth, a daughter of John Taliaferro and 
his wife, Sarah (Smith) Taliaferro. He had a number of 
children, but their names are unknown because of the 
loss of his will. Robert Taliaferro, Jr., a brother of Eliz- 
abeth, mentions her three eldest sons in his will, dated 
1725 and probated 1726. The three sons named are 
Francis, William and Taliaferro Stribling. but there is 
no doubt but he had other children, one of whom was 
Thomas Stribling, the progenitor of the South Carolina 
Striblings.— Mcllhany's Stribling Family, p. 86. 

Francis Stribling married Dorothy — , and re- 
mained in Virginia, and nothing is known of him. 

William never married. 

Taliaferro married Elizabeth and had six 

children: Francis, Taliaferro, Ann, Thomas, William and 
John Stribling. Thomas Stribling, the progenitor of the 
South Carolina Striblings, son of Thomas and Elizabeth 
(Taliaferro) Stribling, was born in Prince William Coun- 
ty, Va., about 1730, and about 1750 moved to South Caro- 
lina, and settled on Seneca River, in old Pendleton Dis- 
trict, his home being in that part now Anderson County. 
He married Nancy Kinchelae and had four children : 

I. Thomas Stribling married Elizabeth Haile. 

II. Jesse Stribling married Elizabeth Sloan, daugh- 
ter of David Sloan and wife, Susan (Majors) Sloan. 



204 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

III. Lucy Stribling married Trimmier. 

IV. Nancy Stribling married Tate. 

I. Thomas Stribling and his wife, Elizabeth (Haile) 
Stribling, had seven children: 

1. Robert Stribling married Sabra Clark. 

2. Mark M. Stribling married — unknown. 

3. Benjamin H. Stribling married Ruth B. Green- 
wood. 

4. Cornelius Kinchelae Stribling married Helen M. 
Payne. 

5. Mary Stribling married Richard Rosamond. 

6. Frances Stribling married I. J. Foster. 

7. Maria Stribling married Moreland. 

4. Cornelius Kinchelae Stribling was born a few 
miles from Pendleton in 1796, and when only a boy of 
fifteen years of age ran away from his home and walked 
to Charleston, S. C, and went to sea. Entered U. S. 
Navy as midshipman in 1812, was lieutenant in 1818, 
commander in 1840, captain in Mexican War, superin- 
tendent of Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., 1850 to 
1853, Commodore in 1862 and Rear Admiral in 1866. 
He remained in the U. S. service during the Confederate 
War and died in 1880 at Martinsburg, W. Va., and was 
buried at Washington, D. C. He married Helen Mary 
Payne, of Virginia, in 1820, and had five children : 

A. Elizabeth Stribling — unmarried. 

B. Louisa Stribling — unmarried. 

C. Mary Stribling — unmarried. 

D. Cornelius Kinchelae Stribling married first, 
Emma Nourse; second, Ann Riddle. 

E. John Maxwell Stribling was lieutenant in U. S. 
Navy, resigned and joined the Confederate Navy and 
served under Admiral Simms. Died of yellow fever, 
aged 27 years. 

II. Jesse Stribling and his wife, Elizabeth (Sloan) 
Stribling, had the following children : 

1. Thomas M. Stribling married Mary Jones. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 205 

2. Mary S. Stribling married Hartwell Jones, 

3. William Harrison Stribling married Jane B. 
McKindly. 

4. Rebecca C. Stribling married B. F. Kilpatrick. 

5. Robt. Stribling married Ruth P. Bruce. 

6. David Sloan Stribling married Anna C. Hodges. 

7. Susan A. Stribling married Thomas R. Shelor. 

8. M. Stokes Stribling married Anna M. Verner. 

9. Nancy Trimmier Stribling married Henry N. 
White. 

10. Elizabeth C. Stribling married Josiah Harkey. 

11. Warren Webb Stribling married Emily R. 
Dendy. 

1. Thomas M. Stribling and wife, Mary (Jones) 
Stribling, had the following children: 

A. Jones H. Stribling— killed July 7, 1862, Confed-- 
erate Army. 

B. Wm. E. Stribling— killed July 6, 1862, Confed- 
erate Army. 

C. Thomas J. Stribling— killed April 25, 1865, Con- 
federate Army. 

D. Martha H. Stribling married Alexander Ram- 
sey. 

E. Jesse Cornelius Stribling married Virginia 
Hunter. 

F. Mary E. Stribling married C. L. Reid. 

G. Sloan Y. Stribling married Ida Sligh. 
H. Roxie A. Stribling married C. S. Reid. 

I. Llewellen Stribling married Mrs. Ida Fin- 
connon. 

E. Jesse Cornelius Stribling and wife, Virginia 
(Hunter) Stribling, have the following children: 

a. Harry L. Stribling married Ella Osborne. 

b. Jesse C. Stribling, Jr., married Meta Henshab. 

c. James Hunter Stribling. 

d. Mary Eliza Stribling. 



206 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

e. Thomas Eugene Stribling — died 1894. 

f. Elizabeth Stribling. 

g. Roxie Alice Stribling. 



STEEL FAMILY. 



William Steel, son of Aaron and Violet (Alexander) 
Steel, was born in North Carolina and was a soldier in 
the Revolutionary War. He, after the war, clerked for 
Gen. Andrew Pickens in his store near Cherry's Bridge 
on Seneca River, and afterwards became a partner of 
General Pickens. He married Esther Love of Augusta 
County, Virginia. They had the following children : 

I. Mary Love Steel married Gresham (Joseph.) . 

11.^ Elizabeth Steel married Elijah Alexander. 

III. Aaron Steel married Nancy H. Davis 

IV. William Steel married Margaret Guyton. 

V. Joseph Steel — unmarried. 

VI. James Steel married, first, Elizabeth Bruce; 
second, Sarah Davis. 

I. Mary Love Steel and her husband, Joseph Gresh- 
am, had the following children : 

1. William Steel Gresham. 

2. Elizabeth Gresham married Joseph E. Brown, 
Ex-Governor and Senator of Georgia. 

2. Elizabeth Gresham and her husband, Joseph E. 
Brown, had the following children : 

A. Julius L. Brown married Fannie Fort. 

B. Mary V. Brown married Dr. E. L. Connally. 

C. Joseph M. Brown married Cora McCord. 

D. Franklin P. Brown. 

E. Elijah A. Brown married, first. Miss McBride; 
second, Miss Johnson. 

F. Charles Brown. 

G. Miss Sarah E. Brown. ^ 

H. George M. Brown married Carrie Hoyt. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 207 

II. Elizabeth Steel and her husband, Elijah Alex- 
ander, had one daughter, Mary, now the wife of Dr. J. 
H. Maxwell, of Greenville, S. C. — no issue. 

III. Aaron Steel and wife, Nancy H. (Davis) Steel, 
had the following children : 

1. Robert A. Steel. 

2. William Davis Steel married Margaret McEl- 
roy. 

IV. William Steel and Margaret Guyton had the 
following children : 

1. Lou Alice Steel married Jackson, of Mississippi. 

2. Sue Steel married Evans Norris. 

3. Rebecca Steel married William Norris. 

4. Joseph Steel married Mattie Alexander. 

5. Dr. William Steel married Agnes Forbes. 

6. John Steel married Annie Owen. 

7. Anna Steel married James Miller. 

8. Myra Steel married Prof. Eli Doyle. 

9. Margaret Steel married William Harper; sec- 
ond, Hughes. 

William Steel was a soldier in the War of 1812, was 
with Perry in his great victory, afterwards was taken 
prisoner and was carried to England. 

VI. James Steel and wife, Elizabeth (Bruce) Steel 
had the following children : 

1. Esther Love Steel married Rev. Joseph B. Hill- 
house. 

2. James T. Steel married, first, Antoinette Dick- 
son ; second, Laura Alexander. 

3. Martha Steel married William C. Hillhouse. 

4. Robert E. Steel married, first, Eliza J. McEl- 
roy ; second, Georgia Miller. 

5. Charles S. Steel married Harriett Brewster. 

6. William Love Steel married Rebecca Shelor, 
VI. James Steel and his second wife, Sarah C. 

Davis, had one child, Richard Heni-y Steel who married 
Nannie Gresham. 



208 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

1. Esther Love Steel and husband, Rev. Joseph B 
Hillhouse, had the following children: 

A. Rev. James Steel Hillhouse married Belle Boaz. 

B. Idilette Hillhouse. 

C. Louis D. Hillhouse married Tessie Van Buren. 

D. William Laurens Hillhouse. 

E. Rev. Joseph B. Hillhouse, Jr. 

F. married Alfred Bowden. 

2. James T. Steel and second wife, Laura Alexan- 
der, had the following children : 

A. Esther Love Stsel married Edwin L. C. Terrie 
and had one child, Harry Steel Terrie. 

B. John McN. Steel. 

C. James A. Steel married Lillian Hall. 

D. Charles M. Steel married Fannie Flint. 

E. Harry Steel. 

3. Martha Steel and her husband, Wm. C. Hill- 
house, had the following children : 

A. Martha A. Hillhouse married Albert W. Ander- 
son. 

B. Wm. C. Hjllhouse married Nell Thomas. 

4. Robert E. Steel and wife, Eliza J. (McElroy) 
Steel, had one child : 

A. Elizabeth Steel married Reese Bowen. 



WATKINS FAMILY. 



Three brothers came from Virginia and settled on 
Therre-and-Twenty-Mile Creek early in 1800. I do not 
know their names, but one of them had Baylis Watkins, 
Felix Watkins, David Watkins; John and Willis went 
west long ago. 

I. Baylis Watkins married Martin and had 

the following children: 

1. Jeptha Watkins. 

2. Willis Watkins married Lucinda Traynham. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 209 

3. Enoch Watkins married Martha Smith. 

4. Warren Watkins — never married. 

5. Chesley Watkins — never married. 

6. Hester J. Watkins married Munro Smith. (See 
Smith Family.) 

7. Tempy Ann Watkins married, first, Smith; sec- 
ond, Sanford Martin. 

n. Joseph Watkins married a Passmore and had 
the following children : 

1. William (called Billy) Watkins — never married. 

2. David Watkins married a Martin. 

3. Elliot Watkins — never married. 

4. Alfred Watkins — never married. 

5. Joseph Watkins — never married. 

6. Annie Watkins married ZefRe Smith. 

7. Rebecca Watkins — never married. 

8. Jane Watkins — never married. 

9. Elizabeth Watkins married James G. Douthit. 
(See Douthit Family.) 

ni. Felix Watkins married Ellen Robinson and 
had the following children : 

1. Col. Thomas C. Watkins married Margaret 
Smith. 

2. Baylis Watkins — never married. 

3. William Watkins — never married. 

4. Mary J. Watkins married Warren J. Martin. 
(See Martin Family.) 

5. Tempy Ann Watkins married John Calvin 
Boggs. 

6. Maudy Watkins married W. H. McMurtry. 

1. Col. Thomas C. Watkins was a gallant soldier 
in the Confederate War and was killed in battle in Vir- 
ginia. He and his wife, Margaret (Smith) Watkins^., 
had the following children: 

A. John C. Watkins married his cousin, Lizzie 
Smith. 



210 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

B. William W. Watkins married Margaret Garling- 
ton Simpson — no issue. 

C. Felix E. Watkins married Miss Mattison. 

D. Luther Watkins married Harriet Whitten. 

E. Mary Watkins married J. B. Douthit. 

F. Carry Watkins married J. D. McElroy — no 
issue. 

G. Margaret Watkins married J. Reed Garrison. 

A. John C. Watkins, Clerk of Court for Anderson 
County several years, married Elizabeth J. Smith and 
they have the following children : 

a. Thos. Franklin Watkins married Miss Law. 

b. Ernest Monroe Watkins — unmarried. 

c. W. Paul Watkins — unmarried. 

d. Nellie Watkins married A. C. Lee. 

e. Ruth Watkins — unmarried. 

f . Harold Watkins — unmarried. 

g. John C. Watkins, Jr. — unmarried, 
h. W. W. Watkins, Jr. 

i. Helen Watkins. 

C. Felix E. Watkins married Miss Mattison and 
has the following children: 

a. F. E. Watkins, Jr., married Miss Stephens. 

b. Charles Watkins — unmarried. 

c. Mary Stark Watkins — unmarried. 

d. Luther Watkins — unmarried. 

D. Luther Watkins married Harriet Whitten, died 
about 1888, leaving the following children : 

a. Ralph Watkins — unmarried. 

b. Thos. G. Watkins — unmarried. 

c. Christopher Watkins — unmarried. 

E. Mary Watkins married J. B. Douthit and has 
the following children : 

a. Maud Douthit married Joe Bell. 

b. Claude Douthit — unmarried. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 211 

c. Leora Douthit married Charles Manship of Mis- 
sissippi. 

d. Carrie Douthit — unmarried. 

e. Gertrude Douthit — unmarried. 

f. J. B. Douthit, Jr. — unmarried. 

G. Margaret Watkins married J. R. Garrison and 
they have eight children. 



McELHENNY. 



Rev. James McElhenny built the four main rooms 
of the residence of John C. Calhoun on Fort Hill, which 
residence was known at the time it was purchased by 
Mrs. Calhoun, the widow of John Ewing Calhoun and 
given by her to her daughter, Mrs. John C. Calhoun, as 
Clergy Hall. 

I. Rev. James McElhenny married Jane Moore 
first and had one daughter, Jane McElhenny. 

I. Rev. James McElhenny married second time 
Mrs. Wilkinson, of John's Island, who was originally a 
Miss Smith, Mrs. Wilkinson by her first marriage had 
one daughter, Susan Wilkinson, who married Gov. An- 
drew Pickens, son of Gen. Andrew Pickens, who had a 
son, Gov. F. W. Pickens. 

Rev. James McElhenny and his wife, Mrs. Wilkin- 
son, had a daughter and a son : 

1. Emily McElhenny married Lieut. Hamilton 
Hayne, U. S. N. Their son was Paul Hamilton Hayne, 
the poet. 

2. Moreton McElhenny married and left two daugh- 
ters: 

A. Ada McElhenny. 

B. Susan McElhenny — never married. 

A. Ada McElhenny was talented and went upon 
the stage, married a foreigner and was lost at sea. 



212 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

GAILLARD. 



Charles Gaillard came from Charleston and settled 
near the place afterwards known as the R. C. L. Gaillard 
old home place. He married Sarah Dii Pree. They had 
the following children : 

I. Ann Gaillard married Peyton Holleman. 

n. C. L. Gaillard married, first, Ann Gaillard: 
second, Elizabeth Dart; third, Alethia Hammond. 
HI. Rebecca Gaillard married Elijah Webb. 

IV. Cornelius D. Gaillard married Satterfield. 

V. Sarah S. Gaillard married Whitefield Holleman:, 
second, A. D. Gaillard. 

II. C. L. Gaillard and his first wife, Ann (Gail- 
lard) Gaillard, had the following children: 

1. Marian Gaillard married, first, J. E. Allen ; sec- 
ond, R. S. Hill. 

2. Charlotte Gaillard — died unmarried. 

3. Scotti Gaillard married Samuel Brown. 

4. Charles David Gaillard married Miss Silcox. 

1. Marian Gaillard and her first husband, J. E. 
Allen, had the following children : 

A. J. E. Allen, Jr., married Miss Aldrich. 

5. Pet Allen married Dr. S. M. Orr. 

I. Marian Gaillard and her second husband, R. S. 
Hill, had one child: 

A. Ena Hill married Gray. 

4. Charles David Gaillard m.arried Miss Silcox, 
had one child and was blown up in the Petersburg mine. 

II. C. L. Gaillard and his second wife, Elizabeth 
(Dart) Gaillard, had one child: 

I. Motte Gaillard who died unmarried. 

II. C. L. Gaillard and his third wife, Alethia (Ham- 
mond) Gaillard, had the following children: 

1. L. L. Gaillard married Miss Hammond. 

2. Ann Gaillard married R. M. Jenkins. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 213 

3. Lena Gaillard. 

4. Jane Gailiard married Robinson. 

5. Lou Gaillard married Osborne. 

6. Palma Gaillard — never married. 

7. Hammond Gaillard. 

8. William Gaillard married Sue Pickens, daughter 
of Dr. T. J. Pickens. 

IIL Rebecca Gaillard married Elijah Webb and 
had one child, Rebecca. She married James A. Hoyt. 

V. Sarah S. Gaillard by her first husband, White- 
field Holleman, had three children : 

, 1. J. W. Holleman and two others who died in 
infancy. 

Sarah S. Gaillard and her second husband, A. D. 
Gaillard, had two children. 

1. J. W. Holleman married Sarah S. Sharpe and 
had the following children : 

A. J. T. Holleman married Sallie Ramsey. 

B. Frank S. Holleman married Grace Thompson. 

C. Lee G. Holleman. 

D. Hugh S. Holleman — never married. 

E. Kate Holleman married J. M. Moss. 

F. Henrietta Holleman married N. W. Macauley. 

G. Gussy Holleman married George Seaborn. 



BLASSINGAME. 



General Blassingame married Miss Easley, sister of 
Colonel Easley. They had the following children: 

1. Polly Blassingame married Cleveland. 

2. Esther Blassingame married Berry Benson. 
(See Benson Family.) 

3. Eliza Blassingame married Dr. John Robinson. 

4. Nancy Blassingame married Thomas Sloan. 

5. Daughter married William Wickliffe. 

6. William Blassingame — unknown. 



214 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

7. John Blassingame married Sallie Sloan. 

3, Eliza Blassingame married Dr. Robinson and 

had the following children : 

A. Elizabeth Robinson married Earle Holcomb. 

B. Ann Robinson married Alex. Briggs. 

C. Esther Robinson married James Hagood. 

D. Mary Robinson — unmarried. 

E. Jane Robinson married Sam Owen. 

F. Sallie Robinson married John Partlou. 

G. Julia Robinson married William Lee. 

H. John Robinson married an Alabama lady. 

L William Robinson married Myra Hagood. 

A. Elizabeth Robinson and husband, Earle Hol- 
comb, had the following children : 

a. Henry Holcomb. 

b. Eliza Holcomb married Dr. Tom Evins. 

B. Ann Robinson and husband, Alex. Briggs, had 
the following children : 

a. Henry Briggs married Lula McBee. 

b. Miller Briggs married Rosa Nearn. 

c. George Briggs married Miss Reynolds. 

d. Myra Briggs — unmarried. 

e. Mary Briggs married Baxter Carpenter. 

f. James Briggs — unmarried. 

C. Esther Robinson and husband, James Hagood, 
had the following children : 

a. Mary Hagood married Mac Bruce. 

b. Benjamin Hagood — unmarried. 

c. James Hagood married Miss Folger. 

d. William Hagood married .Kate Cleveland. 

e. Lucy Hagood. 

f. Hagood married J. T. Mauldin. 

F. Sallie Robinson married John Partlou and had 
the following children: 

a. Mamie Partlou married Sam Craig. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 215 

b. Lizzie Partlou married Louis Sharpe. 

c. Sallie Partlou married John O'Donnell. 

a. Mamie Partlou married Sam Craig and had the 
following children : 

Sam Craig — unmarried. 
Jim Craig married Lucy Barton. 
Mamie Craig — unmarried. 
Marshall Craig — unmarried. 

b. Lizzie Partlou married Louis Sharpe and had 
the following children: 

Lizzie Sharpe — married. 

c. Sallie Partlou married John O'Donnell and had 
the following children : 

Cecelia O'Donnell — unmarried. 
Aline O'Donnell — unmarried. 
Louise O'Donnell — unmarried. 

G. Julia Robinson married William Lee and had 
one son : 

a. William Lee. 

L William Robinson married Myra Hagood and 
had the following children : 

a. John Robinson. 

b. Ed Robinson. 

c. Benjamin Robinson. 

Major Hamilton married and 

had the following children : 

a. Emeline Hamilton married Rev. B. F. Mauldin. 

b. married Leverett Osborne. 

c. Mary Hamilton married Washington Archer. 

d. married Shumate. 

e. Col. Andrew Hamilton married Miss Stokes. 

a. Emeline Hamilton married Rev. B. F. Mauldin 
and had the following children : 

la. B. F. Mauldin married Mamie Reed. 
2a. W. H. Mauldin. 



216 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

3a. Joe Mauldin married, first ; 

second, Rosa Story. 

4a. Mamie Mauldin married Tribble — no issue. 

5a. Maggie Mauldin married Rev. West Sadler 
— no issue. 

6a. Addie Mauldin — unmarried. 

la. B, F. Mauldin married Mamie Reed and had 
the following children : 

lb. Elise Mauldin married J. M. Paget. 

2b. Ellen Mauldin — unmarried. 

3b. Cora Mauldin married Prue Clinkscales. 

3a. Joe Mauldin married and 

had one son, Guy Mauldin. 

3a. Joe Mauldin and his second wife, Miss Story, 
had the following children : 

lb. Charlie Mauldin. 

2b. Frank Mauldin. 

3b. Lawrence Mauldin. 

e. Col. Andrew Hamilton married Miss Stokes and 
had the following children : 

la. Edward Hamilton — unmarried. 

2a. Mary Hamilton married Robert Hill. 



BENSON. 



B. E. Benson and Jack Benson were brothers. Their 
parents were from Virginia. 

1. Berry E. Benson married Esther Blassingame, 
daughter of General Blassingame, and had the following- 
children : 

1. Eliza Ann Benson married John T. Sloan. (See 
Sloan Family). 

2. Amanda Benson married Dr. James Earle. 

3. Mary Benson married Gen. James Harrison. 

4. John Benson married Lizzie Norton. 

5. Esther Benson married Hewlet Moore. 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 217 

6. Rebecca Benson married Frank Sloan. (See 
Sloan Family.) 

7. Tom Benson — unmarried — died in war. 

2. Amanda Benson married Dr. James Earle, and 

had the following children : 

A. Eugenia Earle married Ed Bomar. 

B. Alice Earle married Tom Russell. 

C. Dr. George Earle married Jeanette Breazeale. 

D. Berry Earle married Miss Baker. 

E. Mattie Earle married O'Neal. 

F. Emmie Earle married Professor Austin. 

II. Jack Benson married Kittie Sloan and had the 
following children : 

1. Evelyn Benson married Baylis Crayton. 

2. Rebecca Benson married Cunningham. 

3. Sue Benson married Alex. Weir. 

4. Sloan Benson married Sallie Miller. 

5. Prue Benson married McGee. 

6. Nannie Benson married Tom White, 

7. Mollie Benson married Berry E. Sloan. 

1. Evelyn Benson married B. F. Crayton and had 
the following children : 

A. Kate Crayton married Sloan Maxwell. 

B. Sam Crayton married Sallie Nevitt. 

C. Frank Crayton married Mary Broyles. 

B. Sam Crayton married Sallie Nevitt and they 
had the following children : 

a. Maxwell Crayton married Lizzie McBee. 

b. Blair Crayton married Sue Gilmer. 

c. Bessie Crayton — unmarried. 

C. Frank Crayton married Mary Broyles and they 
had the following children : 

a. Lizzie Crayton married Clarence Prevost. 

b. Eugene Crayton married Thompson. 

c. Frank Crayton — unmarried. 



218 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

SITTON FAMILY. 



I. John Sitton came from England about the time 
of the Restoration. 

II. John Sitton, Jr., born in North Carolina, moved 
to South Carolina. 

III. Phillip Sitton, father of John B. Sitton, born 
in Pendleton District, now Pickens County, South Caro- 
lina. 

IV. John B. Sitton, born in Pendleton District, now 
Pickens County, on George's Creek, near the present 
Town of Easley, November 28, 1810. Came to Pendle- 
ton March 4, 1829, walking the whole distance carrying 
his entire possessions in a pocket handkerchief package. 

IV. John B. Sitton married (1832) Celena J., 
daughter of Col. Jeptha Norton, of Pickens County, South 
Carolina, by whom he had the following children : 

1. Augustus J. Sitton married Miss L. E. Aull. 

2. Emma C. Sitton — never married. 

3. Alice E. Sitton married Maj. S. P. Dendy, Wal- 
halla, S. C. 

4. Frank L, Sitton married Miss Leila Jones, of 
Georgia. 

5. M. Janie Sitton married W. W, Russell, Ander- 
son, S. C. 

6. Miles N. Sitton married Lillian Holland, Ander- 
son County, South Carolina. 

7. Henry P. Sitton married Amy J. Wilkinson, 
Adams Run, S. C. 

8. Joseph J. Sitton married Sue H. Gaillard, Pen- 
dleton, S. C. 

James E. Sitton — died in infancy. 

1. Augustus J. Sitton, President and sole owner 
of Pendleton Manufacturing Company, Autun, S. C, 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 219 

married Miss L. E. Aull, by whom he had the followinn' 
children : 

A. Aug. J. Sitton, Jr.— died in 1900. 

B. Cema Sitton — unmarried. 

C. Eugene N. Sitton — unmarried. 

2. Emma C. Sitton — unmarried, and still living in 
Pendleton at the old homestead. , 

3. Alice E. Sitton married Maj. S. P. Dendy, a 
prominent attorney of Walhalla, S. C, and had the fol- 
lowing children (two children died in infancy) : 

A. Marie Dendy married Louis W. Barr, of Green- 
ville, S. C. 

B. Sue M. Dendy married Dr. Charles W. Gentry, 
of Spartanburg, S. C. 

C. J. B. S. Dendy — unmarried — attorney, Walhal- 
la, S. C. 

4. Frank L. Sitton married Leila Jones by whoni 
he had the following children : 

A. Gussie Sitton married Ramsey 0. Doyle, of Sen- 
eca, S. C. 

B. James E. Sitton married Mrs. Mamie Bostic. 
deceased; second time, Miss Emma Lay, of Oconee. 

C. John B. Sitton, unmarried — Oconee County. 
Macie Sitton — deceased. 

D. Lee Sitton — unmarried. 

E. Janie Sitton married Jos. Lawrence now of 
Toccoa, Ga. 

F. Claude Sitton — unmarried — Oconee County. 

5. M. Janie Sitton married Walker W. Russell now 
of Anderson, S. C, and have the following children : 

A. Wade H. Itussell — moved to Mississippi — mar- 
ried and died there a few years ago. 

B. Robert M. Russell married Miss A. B. Aull of 
Newberry, S. C— lived for years at Autun, S. C, and 
died a few years ago. 

C. J. B. S. Russell— died out west. 



220 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

D. Lena J. Russell married J. D. Smith, a success- 
ful dairyman, of Autun, S. C. 

E. Daisy H. Russell married Winslow P. Sloan, 
merchant of Clemson College, S. C. 

F. Hal P. Russell married Leila Harris, daughter 
of Bonneau Harris, Pendleton. 

6. Miles N. Sitton married Lillian Holland, a 
daughter of Berry Holland — no children. 

7. Henry P. Sitton married Miss Amy Wilkinson, 
of Adams Run, S. C, by whom he had the following chil- 
dren: 

A. James M. Sitton — unmarried. 

B. C. Vedder Sitton — unmarried. 

C. H. P. Sitton, Jr. — unmarried. 

D. Ella H. Sitton — unmarried. 
Alice Sitton — died in childhood. 

8. Joseph J. Sitton, organizer and cashier of the 
Bank of Pendleton for eighteen years, married Miss Sue 
H., daughter of W. H. D. Gaillard, of Pendleton, S. C, 
by whom he had the following children : 

A. Emma A. Sitton — unmarried. 

B. Henrietta Sitton married B. M. Aull, manager 
of Pendleton Manufacturing Co., Autun, S. C. 

C. Arthur M. Sitton — unmarried^secretary Pen- 
dleton Cotton Mill. 

D. Louis S. Sitton — unmarried. 

E. John B. Sitton — unmarried. 
H. P. Sitton — died in infancy. 

F. Jos. J. Sitton, Jr., — unmarried. 

G. Ben G. Sitton — unmarried. 



COL. ROBERT ANDERSON THOMPSON. 



The great grand-father, James Thompson, and great 
grand-mother of Colonel Thompson were born in Ireland. 
They came to America in 1776 and landed in New York 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 221 

City, from whence they made their way over land to 
South Carolina, and settled in Union County and at once 
heartily aligned themselves with the Whig or patriot 
cause. His grand-father, William Thompson, was born 
in Union County, but afterwards he removed to Pendle- 
ton District and settled on Twelve-Mile River, about 
eight miles north of Pendleton village, where his father, 
Charles Thompson, was born, reared and died. Charles 
Thompson intermarried with Mahala Gaines, and their 
son. Col. Robt. A. Thompson, is the subject of this 
sketch. The Gaines family were from Virginia, and 
descendants here have exhibited within themselves 
the character and attainments of that distinguish- 
ed family. Charles Thompson and his wife, Mahala 
(Gaines) Thompson had seven children, all of whom are 
dead, except Col. Robt. A. Thompson and his youngest 
brother. Rev. George McDuffie Thompson, who resides in 
Texas. Col. Robt. A. Thompson married Miss V. Rose 
Starritt, of Clarksville, Georgia, in 1858. From this 
union seven children were born, viz: Robert S. Thomp- 
son, Lizzie R. Thompson, Mahala Thompson, Charles J. 
Thompson, Isabella Thompson, Pickens R. Thompsoii 
and one died in infancy. 

Robert A. Thompson was born in Pickens District, 
South Carolina, on the 13th day of June, 1828. His edu- 
cation was much neglected in his youth on account of the 
poor facilities for schools in the section in which he re- 
sided. At an early age he entered the printing office of 
Messrs. Symmes & Bridwell, the owners and publishers 
of The Pendleton Messenger, printed at Pendleton, S. C. 
After completing his services with~this paper, he was em- 
ployed with The Laurensville Herald, at Laurens. S. C. 
In 1849, with Hon. Frank Burt, he edited and published 
The Pendleton Messenger for nearly three years. 

In 1853, he purchased The Keowee Courier, at Pick- 
ens Court House, S. C, with which paper at Pickens and 
Walhalla, to which latter place it was removed, after the 



222 HISTORY OF PENDLETON 

division of Pickens District, he continued principally as 
owner and editor for forty-five consecutive years. 

In 1853, he was appointed by the Governor Commis- 
sioner in Equity for Pickens District, to fill a vacancy: 
and was afterwards re-elected to the same office by the 
Legislature, every four years, until the office was merged 
into the Court of Common Pleas in 1870. 

Anterior to the war. Colonel Thompson was elected 
by the Legislature for a number of years one of the Com- 
missioners of Free Schools, and also Commissioner of 
Public Buildings. Positions of honor without compen- 
sation. 

In 1860, he was elected a member of the Secession 
Convention from Pickens District, and voted for the Or- 
dinance of Secession. As soon as the Convention ad- 
journed, he raised a company of infantry for the war in 
the service of the Confederate States. This company 
formed part of the Second Regim.ent of Rifles, Col. John 
V. Moore, Commanding, and was attached to Jenkin's 
Brigade, Longstreet's Corps. Mr. James W. Crawford, 
of Cold Spring, Pickens District, contributed most cheer- 
fully one thousand dollars to uniform and equip this gal- 
lant company. After the second battle of Manassas, he 
was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel of his 
regiment, in which position he continued to serve until 
his health gave way during the latter part of the war, 
and he was compelled to retire from active service. He 
continued, however, to serve the government of the Con- 
federate States in various capacities until the war closed. 

After the war he was admitted to the Bar by Judge 
James L. Orr, of the Circuit Court, and practiced his 
profession successfully with Gen. Samuel McGowan, 
James L. Orr, Judge Earle and others. 

Colonel Thompson was appointed Commissioner of 
the United States and continued in office for several 
years immediately after the war. He was also appoint- 



HISTORY OF PENDLETON 223 

ed Register and Referee in Bankruptcy for Oconee 
County. 

In 1900, Colonel Thompson was elected a member of 
the General Assembly of the State, in which position he 
rendered valuable service. 

Colonel Thompson has been an active member of the 
Presbyterian Church for many years, and has represent- 
ed his church in Presbytery and for two sessions in the 
General Assembly. 

Colonel Thompson has been actively engaged in pol- 
itics since 1853, and well and faithfully has he represent- 
ed the best interests of the people of his county and State. 
Now, in the evening of a well-spent life, he can look back 
over the rough and rugged road that he has had to travel 
and hold up his head and look into the faces of his fellow- 
men and say he has injured no man and has labored al- 
ways to help and lift up and advance the interests of all 
he came in contact with. Many years of his youth and 
early m.anhood he was a struggling printer. Nearly four 
years of his life spent in war, and eight years more >pent 
in Reconstruction — even more than war. Surely no man 
could do more. 

Colonel Thompson, during all the exciting periods 
through which he has gone, has occupied a conspicuous 
position in the State, especially in the Piedmont section. 
He is a fluent writer, a close thinker, and ever expressed 
his views clearly and forcibly, whereby through the me- 
dium of his paper he exercised a powerful influence in 
the State. His life has been spent in stormy times, a 
bright example to the youth of the State, as to what pa- 
sition of prominence a man can rise to by energy, hon- 
esty, and intelligence properly used. May God grant 
that his latest years may be spent in the enjoyment of 
perfect peace and happiness, and in the consciousness of 
a life well spent for God and his fellowman. 

R. W. SIMPSON. 



INDEX. 



Page 

Adger Family 123 

Anderson Family 174 

Adams, Rev. Jasper 145 

Belotte, Jacob 71 

Bee Family 77 

. Broyles Family 133 

Burt Family 76 

Burns, Anderson 84 

Benson Family 216 

Blassingame Family 213 

Bowen Family — --- 124 

Calhoun Family 140 

/ Cornish Family 146 

Craig, Samuel 93 

Davant Family 127 

Davis Family 144 

/ Dickson Family 69 

Dickson, Michael Calvin 70 

Dickson, Major '72 

Dickinson Family — 114 

DuPree Family 92 

Earle Family 129 

Fort Hill Guards 42 

Gaillard Family 212 

Gibbs, Dr. ^'^ 

Harrison Family 1'''2 

Hamilton, Col. David K. 116 

Hall, Samuel — — 1^0 

Hanckel, Rev. W- H. 1^9 

Haynes Family ^ l'^'^ 



Page 

Hastie, John 140 

Hubbard, William 82 

^.Hunter Family zz 180 

Jenkins ; 125 

Latta, James T. 118 

/Lewis Family 1G5 

Ligon Family 148 

Lorton Family 79 

McBryd3, Rev. Thos. L. 121 

Martin Family 198 

Mays Family 147 

Maverick, Samuel 107 

Members of Congress up to 1860 36 

Miller Family 13S' 

Miller, John 156 

Miller, John, Sketch of life 158 

y McElhenny 211 

Newton Family i 185 

North, John L. : 73 

Owen Family 196 

Pickens, Gen. Andrew and Family with Sketch 189 

Pendleton 10 

Pike, John - -__ — -_ 84 

Pike Family 151 

Pinckney Col. Thos 145 

Poe Family ---__-_ — __- -- --__ 128 

Potter, Rev 80 

Randell Family 145 

Reconstruction in South Carolina 45 

V Reese, Dr. Thomas - 87 

Reese, George 90 

Reese, Catherine -__- 90 

Robinson Family 84 

Ross Family 184 

Seaborn Family 150 

Scott, Joseph D 69 

Shanklin Farj^ylV i_A-i|. 168 



Pag^e 
Shaw Family -.■->, 

Sitton Family 2iq 

Simpson, Col. R. W.. sketch of life . _ 5 

Simpson Family log 

Simpson, Capt. William _ I39 

Sloan David __ q. 

Sloan, Thomas Majors jq4 

Smith, Benjamin Savags _ __ 74 

Smith, Josiah E. Y3 

Smith, James Dawson jjg 

Secession Convention, Members of 42 

^/ Stael Family 206 

Stevens Familj' __ yg 

Stewart, Dr. g-j 

Stribling Family 203 

Symmes Family I54 

Taliaferro, Zachariah 132 

Taylor Family HO 

Thompson, Col R. A. 220 

Trescot 200 

Warley Family ^ 201 

Watkins Family 208 

Warren, Samuel Fenner, Sketch of life 31 

Whitfield, J. Tyler 80 

/Whitner Family 170 



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